Legal Opinion

Selk v. District of Columbia Department of Employment Services

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided September 4, 1985No. 84-502PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

NEBEKER, Associate Judge:

Petitioner Patricia Jan Selk appeals a final decision of the Department of Employment Services’ Office of Appeals and Review (DOES). Mrs. Selk had appealed DOES’s determination that she left her employment voluntarily without good cause connected with the work, and was therefore not entitled to benefits. DOES, however, denied her appeal as untimely. She argues, first, that her appeal was timely because she reasonably relied on information provided by a DOES employee regarding the deadline for her appeal and, second, that the agency’s determination on the merits of her…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Hockaday v. D. C. Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1982
  2. Washington Post Co. v. District Unemployment Compensation BoardDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1977
  3. Carroll v. District of Columbia Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1985
  4. General Railway Signal Co. v. District Unemployment Compensation BoardDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1976
  5. Gosch v. District of Columbia Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1984

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Keeney v. Town of Old SaybrookSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1996
  2. Cruz v. District of Columbia Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1993
  3. Gardner v. District of Columbia Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1999
  4. McEvily v. District of Columbia Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1985
  5. McLean v. District of Columbia Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1986

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