1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. A.3d
  4. 92 A.3d
  5. 92 A.3d 305 (2014)
 

E.C. v. RCM OF WASHINGTON, INC.

No. 12-AA-1441.

92 A.3d 305 (2014)

E.C., Petitioner, v. RCM OF WASHINGTON, INC., Respondent.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 5, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer Mezey , Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia, with whom Drake Hagner and John C. Keeney, Jr. , were on the brief, for petitioner.

Joan S. Meier , Domestic Violence Legal Empowerment and Appeals Project ("DV LEAP"), and George Washington University Law School, with whom Matthew A. Eisenstein , Christa D. Forman , and Adele M.K. Gilpin , Arnold & Porter, LLP, Washington, DC, were on the brief, for amici curiae.

Eugene A. Adams , Chief Deputy Attorney General for the District of Columbia, with whom Ariel B. Levinson-Waldman , Senior Counsel to the Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Todd S. Kim , Solicitor General, Loren L. Alikhan , Deputy Solicitor General, and Richard S. Love , Senior Assistant Attorney General, filed an amicus curiae brief for petitioner.

Before BLACKBURNE-RIGSBY and EASTERLY, Associate Judges, and KING, Senior Judge.

BLACKBURNE-RIGSBY, Associate Judge:

In this appeal, we are presented with an issue of first impression: whether a victim of domestic violence, who is separated from her employment on account of alleged misconduct, is nonetheless eligible for unemployment compensation benefits when the alleged misconduct underlying the victim's separation from employment is "due to domestic violence." In this case, petitioner E.C. seeks review of the decision by an administrative law...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases