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Couch v. N.C. Employment Security Comm

Supreme Court of North Carolina
Nov 1, 1988
323 N.C. 472 (N.C. 1988)

Opinion

No. 212PA88

Filed 3 November 1988

APPEAL by defendant North Carolina Employment Security Commission pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7A-30 (2) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, reported at 89 N.C. App. 405, 366 S.E.2d 574 (1988), which vacated and remanded the order of Hobgood (Robert), J., entered 25 June 1987 in Superior Court, ORANGE County, affirming the decision of the Commission to disallow claimant's claim for unemployment compensation where she voluntarily left employment after her employer substantially reduced the number of hours of work. Heard in the Supreme Court 13 October 1988.

North State Legal Services, Inc., by John L. Saxon, for petitioner-appellee.

T. S. Whitaker, Chief Counsel, and C. Coleman Billingsley, Jr., for respondent-appellant North Carolina Employment Security Commission.


Based solely on the reasoning of the majority opinion of the panel below, the Court of Appeals is

Affirmed.


Summaries of

Couch v. N.C. Employment Security Comm

Supreme Court of North Carolina
Nov 1, 1988
323 N.C. 472 (N.C. 1988)
Case details for

Couch v. N.C. Employment Security Comm

Case Details

Full title:ETTA COUCH v. NORTH CAROLINA EMPLOYMENT SECURITY COMMISSION, AND KID'S…

Court:Supreme Court of North Carolina

Date published: Nov 1, 1988

Citations

323 N.C. 472 (N.C. 1988)
373 S.E.2d 440

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