Hoard v. Employment Division

Petitioner seeks an award of attorney fees under former ORS 183.495 and former ORS 183.497 against the Employment Division (Division).1 He prevailed twice on judicial review of orders issued by the Employment Appeals Board (EAB) that had denied unemployment benefits.

In the first review, Hoard v. Employment Division, 72 Or App 688, 696 P2d 1168 (1985), we reversed and remanded for reconsideration, because the findings did not support the conclusion. In Hoard v. Employment Division, 79 Or App 62, 717 P2d 664 (1986), we again held that the findings did not support the conclusion that…