NEWPORT CHURCH OF The NAZARENE, an Oregon nonprofit corporation, Petitioner on Review/Respondent on Review,
v.
Gordon R. HENSLEY, Respondent on Review, and
Employment Department, Respondent on Review/Petitioner on Review.
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Argued and Submitted May 15, 2000.
Decided October 24, 2002.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Kelly E. Ford, Beaverton, argued the cause and filed the petition for review, briefs, and additional authorities for petitioner on review/respondent on review Newport Church of the Nazarene in S46621, waived filing and argument in S46769. With him on the briefs was Gregory S. Baylor, pro hac vice, Virginia.
Paul R. Meyer, Portland, argued the cause for respondent on review Gordon R. Hensley. With him on the responses and briefs was Charles F. Hinkle, ACLU Foundation of Oregon, Inc., Portland. Also on the brief in S46621 was Scott Garland, ACLU Foundation of Oregon, Inc., Portland.
Robert M. Atkinson, Assistant Attorney General, Salem, argued the cause and filed the briefs and additional authorities for respondent on review/petitioner on review Employment Department. Christine A. Chute, Assistant Attorney General filed the petition for review. Also on the petition, briefs, and additional authorities were Hardy Myers, Attorney General and Michael D. Reynolds, Solicitor General.
Kelly W.G. Clark, O'Donnell & Clark, LLP, Portland, and Richard G. Wilkins and Brent E. Rychener, Holme Roberts & Owen LLP, Colorado, filed the brief of amici curiae for The Christian & Missionary Alliance, Council on Religious Freedom, General Conference of Seventh-Day Adventist Church, General Council on Finance and Administration of the United Methodist Church, International Church of the Foursquare Gospel, National Association of Evangelicals, Oregon District Assemblies of God, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), and the Presbytery of Cascades.
Before CARSON, Chief Justice, and GILLETTE, DURHAM, LEESON, and RIGGS, Justices.
Supreme Court of Oregon.
CARSON, C.J.
This case presents two issues for review. The first is whether claimant, formerly a youth minister for the Newport Church of the Nazarene (church), is entitled to unemployment compensation benefits. The second, which arises only if claimant prevails on the first issue, is whether he is entitled to interest on the benefits award. The Employment Appeals Board (board) of the Oregon Employment Department (department) awarded claimant benefits, but not attorney...
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