Flynn v. Maine Employment Security Commission

McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

The Employment Security Commission denied unemployment benefits to the claimant Ambrose Flynn on the ground he had been discharged from his job as a security guard at a Catholic hospital because of his own misconduct connected with his work. The misconduct consisted in talking about religion to employees and patients at the hospital in violation of the request his employer expressly made to him before he was hired. Although in this court Flynn does not contest the finding of misconduct, he nonetheless contends that denial of unemployment benefits to him violates his…