The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Oct. 7 in a case concerning whether Alabama residents who are denied unemployment benefits must go through the state unemployment system’s appeals process before they can sue the state in court under a federal civil rights law.
We’ve gathered articles on the case from SHRM and other outlets.
Derek Bateman, a shrimper in Alabama, couldn’t sell shrimp during the COVID-19 pandemic and sought unemployment benefits. After his application was denied, he allegedly spent months trying to appeal. He received some of what he was owed nearly two years later, after he allegedly “lost everything.”
The Supreme Court heard arguments on whether Bateman and others who were similarly situated had to complete the state’s appeals process before they could sue in court. The state said it was overwhelmed during the pandemic, adding that it wasn’t a reason to bypass the normal administrative process. The Alabama Supreme Court ruled that state law requires that challengers go through the state labor department’s administrative appeals process before they can sue.
The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether the exhaustion of state administrative remedies was required of Bateman and others seeking unemployment compensation in Alabama in order to bring a federal civil rights claim in state court under 42 U.S.C. Section 1983. The federal...
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