Ray v. Whitfield

FRED W. JONES, Jr., Judge.

An unemployment compensation claimant appealed a district court judgment affirming a denial of benefits by the Board of Review of the Louisiana Division of Employment Security. For the reasons hereinafter explained, we reverse and remand.*

According to the record the claimant, Ray, had been employed by Con Pac, Inc. as a gluing machine operator some four years. In December 1985 claimant was cautioned by the plant manager about smoking marijuana on the job, explaining that an investigation was forthcoming.

A report was later submitted by an undercover informant stating…