Supreme Court of New Jersey

Washington National Insurance Company, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Board of Review of New Jersey Unemployment…

March 7, 19491 N.J. 545

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey affirmed the lower court's judgment, holding that the statutory exclusion of industrial life insurance agents from unemployment compensation lacks a rational basis and violates the Fourteenth Amendment's equal protection and due process guarantees, as well as the State Constitution's prohibition on special legislation.