Legal Opinion

Lowell v. Maine Employment Security Commission

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided April 23, 1963PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*178Williamson, C. J.

This is an appeal from a decree of the Superior Court sustaining a decision of the Maine Employment Security Commission disqualifying the appellant claimant from benefits under the Employment Security Act. R. S., c. 29.

In our consideration of the appeal we are governed, as was the Superior Court, by Sec. 16-IX, reading in part:

“In any judicial proceeding under this chapter, the findings of the commission as to the facts, if supported by evidence and in the absence of fraud, shall be conclusive, and the jurisdiction of said court shall be confined to questions of law.”

“The…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Dubois v. Maine Employment Security CommissionSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1955
  2. Farrar v. Director of the Division of Employment SecurityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
  3. Corrado v. Director of the Division of Employment SecurityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1950

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Toothaker v. Maine Employment Security CommissionSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1966
  2. Tobin v. Maine Employment Security CommissionSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1980
  3. Czarlinsky v. Employment Security AgencyIdaho Supreme Court · 1964
  4. In Re Merton R.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1983
  5. Barley v. Maryland Department of Employment SecurityCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1966

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