Klimko v. Virginia Employment Commission

Appealing a decision of the Virginia Employment Commission (VEC) upheld by the trial court, Dennis Klimko (claimant) contends first, that “the expectation of continued compensation benefits by an unemployed worker amounts to a vested property interest entitled to” procedural due process protection of the Fourteenth Amendment and second, that “the procedural scheme utilized ... for terminating appellant’s on-going unemployment compensation benefits” denied him such protection.

On October 31, 1971, claimant, a resident of Arlington County, lost his job as an “office equipment service technician”…