Branch v. Virginia Employment Commission & Virginia Chemical Co.

Decided November 22, 1978. Richard Harding Poff wrote the opinion for the court.

219 Va. 609 · Cited 111 times

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• Dan River Mills, Inc. v. Unemployment Compensation Commission · 195 Va. 997
• Western Electric v. Review Board of Indiana Employment Security Division · 263 N.E.2d 184

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• McNamara v. Virginia Employment Commission · 681 S.E.2d 67
• Blake v. Hercules, Inc. · 356 S.E.2d 453
• Virginia Employment Commission v. Trent · 687 S.E.2d 99
• Richmond Cold Storage Co. v. Burton · 335 S.E.2d 847
• Bell Atlantic Network Services v. Virginia Employment Commission · 433 S.E.2d 30
• Robinson v. Hurst Harvey Oil, Inc. · 407 S.E.2d 352
• Britt v. Virginia Employment Commission · 14 Va. App. 982
• Borbas v. Virginia Employment Commission · 17 Va. App. 720
• Appeal of New Hampshire Sweepstakes Commission · 130 N.H. 659
• Deborah A. Wood v. VEC and Americomm Direct, etc · 20 Va. App. 514
• Guiden v. Southeastern Public Serv. Auth. of Va. · 760 F. Supp. 1171
• Appeal of Beebe Rubber Co. · 124 N.H. 533
• Baker v. Babcock & Wilcox Co. · 399 S.E.2d 630
• Chauncey F. Hutter, Inc. v. Virginia Employment Commission · 652 S.E.2d 151
• Brady v. Human Resource Institute of Norfolk, Inc. · 231 Va. 28
• Brady v. HUMAN RESOURCE INSTITUTE OF NORFOLK · 340 S.E.2d 797
• State, Emp. SEC. Dept v. Evans · 901 P.2d 156

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