Davis v. Black

This is an unemployment compensation case

The claimants brought this action to appeal the Department of Industrial Relations' denial of unemployment compensation benefits. The trial court dismissed the appeals of fifteen claimants for lack of jurisdiction, dismissed the appeals of nine claimants on the ground that they had not filed an initial claim for benefits with the department; and ordered the department to hold appropriate administrative hearings on the claims of the remaining seventy-nine claimants

The department appeals from the trial court's order directing it to hold hearings on the…