Whitney v. Morgan

Plaintiff seeks judicial review of the decision of the Oregon Employment Appeals Board which affirmed the referee’s decision that she had terminated her employment to assume domestic duties and, therefore, was precluded from receiving unemployment insurance benefits by ORS 657.160(1). ①

The facts are not in dispute. The plaintiff had been employed by Sheraton Motor Inn for several years. She terminated this employment on October 30, 1970, after adopting two children. The termination was in compliance with a regulation of the State Public Welfare Commission Adoptive Agency requiring that an…