Case Title: Evergreen Waste Services v. UIAB

Citation: 

Docket Number: 293, 2011

State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2011-06-30T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
EVERGREEN WASTE SERVICES,  
 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE 
APPEAL BOARD, 
 
Appellee. 
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Submitted: June 21, 2011 
 
Decided:  June 30, 2011 
 
Before BERGER, JACOBS and RIDGELY, Justices. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
O R D E R  
 
 
This 30th day of June 2011, it appears to the Court that: 
 
(1) 
On June 9, 2011, the Court received the corporate appellant’s 
notice of appeal from the May 25, 2011 decision of the Unemployment 
Insurance Appeal Board (“UIAB”) granting unemployment benefits to an 
employee of the appellant.  The appeal was filed by the corporation itself 
and not by an attorney representing the corporation.  
 
(2) 
On June 9, 2011, the Clerk issued a notice pursuant to Supreme 
Court Rule 29(b) directing the appellant to show cause why the appeal 
should not be dismissed because this Court lacks jurisdiction to entertain an 
appeal directly from the UIAB.  The appellant filed a response to the notice 
 
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to show cause on June 21, 2011.  In the response, the appellant states only 
that the employee failed to pass a drug test and does not address the 
jurisdictional issue.   
 
(3) 
This Court lacks jurisdiction to entertain an appeal directly 
from the UIAB.1  Moreover, this Court may not entertain an appeal by a 
corporation where the corporation is not represented by counsel.2  Because 
the appellant’s appeal fails to invoke the jurisdiction of this Court, it must be 
dismissed. 
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Supreme Court 
Rule 29(b), that this appeal is DISMISSED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Jack B. Jacobs  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
         Justice  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                 
1 Del. Const. art. IV, §11. 
2 Transpolymer Indus., Inc. v. Chapel Main Corp., Del. Supr., No. 284, 1990, Horsey, J. 
(Sept. 18, 1990).