Jackson County Board of Supervisors v. Mississippi Employment Security Commission

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI

CHANDLER, Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. The Jackson County Board of Supervisors terminated June Seaman, and she applied to the Mississippi Employment Security Commission (MESC) for unemployment benefits. At the MESC, a claims examiner, an administrative-law judge, and the Board of Review determined that Seaman was entitled to unemployment benefits because Jackson County had failed to prove by clear and convincing, substantial evidence that Seaman had been terminated for misconduct. The Circuit Court of Jackson County affirmed the *180agency’s decision. But the Court of Appeals…