Legal Opinion
Jones v. District of Columbia Unemployment Compensation Board
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided November 20, 1978No. 13145PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FERREN, Associate Judge:
The petitioner, Herbert R. Jones, seeks review of a Final Decision of the District Unemployment Compensation Board (the Board) disqualifying him from receiving unemployment benefits for eight weeks on the ground that he had been discharged for “misconduct,” within the meaning of the District of Columbia Unemployment Compensation Act. D.C.Code 1973, § 46-310(b). 1 Petitioner asserts that (1) his actions in leaving work early, after a warning that this would constitute abandonment of his job, did not amount to misconduct within the meaning of the statute, and that (2)…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Williamson Co. v. Review Board of the Indiana Employment Security DivisionIndiana Court of Appeals · 1969
- Hickenbottom v. District of Columbia Unemployment Compensation BoardDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1971
- L. S. Ayres & Company, a Division of Associated Dry Goods Corporation v. National Labor Relations BoardCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1977
- Hawkins v. District Unemployment Compensation BoardDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1977
- Unemployment Compensation Board v. StilesCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Green v. District of Columbia Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1985
- Washington Times v. District of Columbia Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1999
- Colton v. District of Columbia Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1984
- Cruz v. District of Columbia Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1993
- Long v. District of Columbia Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
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