Rice v. State

Submitted on Briefs: August 8, 2002 ¶1 The Respondent, Darren Rice, appealed the Montana Board of Labor and Appeals' October 11, 2001, decision which denied him unemployment benefits to the District Court for the Nineteenth Judicial District in Lincoln County. The District Court reversed the Board of Labor and Appeals' decision and awarded Rice retroactive unemployment benefits. The State of Montana appeals the District Court's decision. We affirm the Order of the District Court. ¶2 The sole issue on appeal is whether §§ 39-51-2302, MCA, barred Rice's claim for unemployment benefits as a matter of law.