Court Opinion

ID: 9845053
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 03:14:36.745813+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:15:51.091990
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JOHNSON,
concurring in the result.
I am caught in a dilemma. While I am prepared to concur in the Court’s opinion in this case, I view the rationale as being in conflict with the rationale contained in the Court’s opinion in Vendx Marketing Company, Inc. v. Department of Employment, 122 Idaho 890, 841 P.2d 420 (1992), issued concurrently with the opinion in this case. Specifically, in this case, after rejecting one of the evidentiary grounds for the Commission’s decision, the Court considers alternative evidence for upholding the Commission’s decision under the substantial and competent evidence standard. Ordinarily, I would agree with this rationale. In Vendx, however, after rejecting one of the evidentiary grounds for the Commission’s decision, the Court vacates the Commission’s decision, even though there is other substantial and competent evidence to support the Commission’s decision. I am unable to accept this lack of consistency. Therefore, I concur in the result in this case, and dissent in Vendx.