Texas Employment Commission v. Stewart Oil Co.

The question here is when does an administrative ruling of the Texas Employment Commission upon a claim for benefits become final.

The respondent, Stewart Oil Company, tendered its original petition to the County Clerk for filing seven days after an adverse ruling by the Commission. The Commission contends: (1) That its ruling does not become final until ten days after it is issued; (2) that a dissatisfied party then has ten days to commence an action for judicial review, and (3) since this “action” was filed on the seventh day after the Commission’s ruling was issued, it was filed before the…