Valdez v. Arizona Department of Economic Security

OPINION

WREN, Judge.

This is an appeal from a class action for declaratory and injunctive relief which sought to have declared invalid the application and enforcement of the Benefit Policy Rules utilized by the defendant, Department of Economic Security (DES), for eligibility determinations in the awarding of unemployment benefits pursuant to A.R.S. § 23-601, et seq.

The appellant, Manuel Valdez, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated challenged the validity of the rules on the following grounds.

1. They were not lawfully promulgated in accordance with the requirements of A.R.S. §…