REGISTER GUARD v. EMPLOYMENT DEPT.

09AB2419; 10AB2241; A143222.

271 P.3d 136 (2012)

247 Or. App. 692

REGISTER GUARD, Petitioner, v. EMPLOYMENT DEPARTMENT and William E. Peacock, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided January 25, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Michael Zinser , Tennessee, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were The Zinser Law Frim, P.C., Jack L. Orchard , and Ball Janik LLP.

Pamela J. Walsh , Assistant Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent Employment Department. With her on the briefs were John R. Kroger , Attorney General, and Mary H. Williams , Solicitor General.

No appearance for respondent William E. Peacock.

Jack L. Orchard and Ball Janik LLP filed the briefs amicus curiae for Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association.

Before SCHUMAN, Presiding Judge, and ARMSTRONG, Judge, and NAKAMOTO, Judge.


SCHUMAN, P.J.

In this strange case, an administrative law judge (ALJ) sitting for the Employment Department (respondent) issued an order that a claimant named Peacock, who is not a party on review, was entitled to unemployment insurance benefits. The Register-Guard (petitioner), to whom claimant provided services, appealed to the Employment Appeals Board (EAB), renewing arguments that claimant was not entitled to benefits for two separate reasons: first, because he...

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