Supreme Court of the United States

Ohio Bureau of Employment Services v. Hodory

May 31, 1977431 U.S. 471

Summary

The Supreme Court reversed the District Court, holding that Ohio's labor‑dispute disqualification provision for unemployment benefits is not pre‑empted by federal law and does not violate the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process or Equal Protection Clauses; the Court also declined to abstain under Pullman or Younger doctrines.

Holding

  • Whether federal courts must abstain from adjudicating the constitutional challenge under Pullman or Younger doctrines. The Court held that abstention was not required and declined to apply either Pullman or Younger abstention doctrines.
  • Whether Ohio Rev. Code §4141.29(D)(1)(a) is pre‑empted by the Social Security Act or the Federal Unemployment Tax Act. The Court held that the statute is not pre‑empted by either federal statute.
  • Whether the statute violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The Court held that the statute does not violate the Equal Protection Clause.
  • Whether the statute violates the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The Court held that the statute does not violate the Due Process Clause.
  • Whether the statute is rationally related to a legitimate state interest under the rational‑basis test. The Court affirmed that the statute satisfies the rational‑basis test.

Docket 75-1707

Cited authorities

  • 26 U.S.C. §§ 3301-3311
  • 26 U.S.C. §§ 3301-3311
  • 26 U.S.C. § 3304
  • Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4141.29
  • Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4141.29
  • Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4141.28
  • 42 U.S.C. § 1983
  • 42 U.S.C. §§ 503

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