Irving v. Employment Appeal Bd. (2016)

Struck down a rule that considered people who were arrested and involuntarily held in jail to have “voluntarily quit” without good cause, for the purposes of denying them unemployment benefits.

Citation:	883 N.W.2d 179 (2016)
Court:	Iowa Supreme Court
Date decided:	Mar 3, 2016
Longer case name:	Sondra IRVING, Appellant, v. Employment Appeal Board, Appellee.
Law type:	Civil
Jurisdiction level:	State
State of origin:	Iowa
Topic(s):	Unemployment compensation
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Result:	Win
Attorneys:	Alisa Diehl of Iowa Legal Aid, Cedar Rapids, for appellant.
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