Opinion

Reep v. Commissioner of the Department of Employment & Training

  • 412 Mass. 845
  • 593 N.E.2d 1297
  • 1992 Mass. LEXIS 327
Court
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Filed
Jun 11, 1992
Status
Published
Author
Lynch
On the bench
Connor, Greaney, Liacos, Lynch, Nolan
Cited by
3 cases

married person who leaves work to join spouse is presumed to have satisfied statutory requirement for unemployment compensation eligibility; long-term nonmarital partner could offer proof toward meeting standard, but without benefit of same presumption

How later courts described this case

  • married person who leaves work to join spouse is presumed to have satisfied statutory requirement for unemployment compensation eligibility; long-term nonmarital partner could offer proof toward meeting standard, but without benefit of same presumption
  • married person who leaves work to join spouse is presumed to have satisfied statutory requirement, for unemployment compensation eligibility; long-term nonmarital partner could offer proof toward meeting standard, but is not entitled to presumption

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

Lynch, J.

(dissenting). I agree with the views of Justice O’Connor, except that, in the circumstances of this case, I do not see how the experience, technical competence, and knowledge of the agency add any weight to a determination of what is the appropriate statutory standard.

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