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CITY OF CLARKSDALE v. MISSISSIPPI EMP. SEC. COM'N

No. 94-CC-00877-SCT.

699 So.2d 578 (1997)

CITY OF CLARKSDALE, Mississippi, v. MISSISSIPPI EMPLOYMENT SECURITY COMMISSION and Theodore R. Hawkins.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 11, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Hunter Twiford, III, Curtis D. Boschert, A. Jane Heidelberg, Twiford Webster & Gresham, Clarksdale, for Appellant.

Mark D. Ray, Jackson, for Appellees.

En Banc.

PITTMAN, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. This case is one of first impression before this Court. The crux of the case is whether failing to meet statutory requirements of employment constitutes misconduct as defined by this Court in the context of unemployment benefits. We find that it does and that Theodore Hawkins is not entitled to unemployment benefits. Therefore, the case is reversed and rendered.

I.

¶ 2. Theodore Hawkins was hired as...

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