Harkeem v. Adams

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding plaintiff’s right to unemployment compensation is clearly defined right by statute
• agency determination of ineligibility for unemployment benefits overturned by court; agency thereafter “used the same [rejected] rationale to disqualify the appellant from benefits”
• fees may be awarded when an individual is forced to seek judicial assistance to secure a clearly defined and established right
• unemployment compensation applicant forced to litigate when state agency denied benefits for reasons previously rejected by superior court
• litigation conducted in “bad faith” may justify award of counsel fees
• “Where an individual is forced to seek judicial assistance to secure a clearly defined and established right, which should have been freely enjoyed without such intervention, an award of counsel fees on the basis of bad faith is appropriate.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

116 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Lawton v. Great Southwest Fire Insurance
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1978-09-27· cited 127×
• Casson v. Nationwide Insurance
  Superior Court of Delaware· 1982-09-20· cited 81×
• Dj Painting, Inc. v. Baraw Enterprises, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2001-05-11· cited 80×
• Murphy v. Financial Development Corp.
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1985-05-24· cited 77×
• Keenan v. Fearon
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1988-06-06· cited 71×
• Unnamed case
  First Circuit· 1986-05-29· cited 67×
• Burrows v. City of Keene
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1981-06-26· cited 66×
• In Re Appeal of Gadhue
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1987-12-24· cited 63×
• Lassonde v. Stanton
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 2008-08-15· cited 53×
• Aranson v. Schroeder
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1995-10-31· cited 52×
• Clipper Affiliates, Inc. v. Checovich
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1994-03-15· cited 47×
• Van Der Stok v. Van Voorhees
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 2005-01-24· cited 46×
• Dempere v. Nelson
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1994-12-27· cited 43×
• Arcidi v. Town of Rye
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 2004-04-05· cited 42×
• Dumont v. Town of Wolfeboro
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1993-03-30· cited 41×
• Rix v. Kinderworks Corp.
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1992-12-29· cited 38×
• Terren v. Butler
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1991-10-04· cited 35×
• Pugliese v. Town of Northwood Planning Board
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1979-10-12· cited 33×
• Hugh Devries v. St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company
  First Circuit· 1983-09-14· cited 32×
• Fat Bullies Farm, LLC v. Lori Devenport & a.
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 2017-05-26· cited 32×

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. v. Wilderness Society
  Supreme Court· 1975-05-12· cited 4,586×
• Mills v. Electric Auto-Lite Co.
  Supreme Court· 1970-01-26· cited 1,683×
• Fleischmann Distilling Corp. v. Maier Brewing Co.
  Supreme Court· 1967-05-08· cited 772×
• Bradley v. School Board of Richmond
  Supreme Court· 1965-11-22· cited 152×
• ROLAX Et Al. v. ATLANTIC COAST LINE R. CO. Et Al.
  Fourth Circuit· 1951-02-23· cited 127×
• Irving Stolberg v. Members of the Board of Trustees for the State Colleges of the State of Connecticut
  Second Circuit· 1973-01-29· cited 116×
• Doe v. Poelker
  Eighth Circuit· 1975-06-02· cited 59×
• Bradley v. School Board of the City of Richmond
  Fourth Circuit· 1965-04-07· cited 24×
• Concord National Bank v. Haverhill
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1958-10-07· cited 10×
• Harkeem v. New Hampshire Department of Employment Security
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1975-11-28· cited 9×
• Tau Chapter of Alpha Xi Delta Fraternity v. Town of Durham
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1972-06-30· cited 7×
• Griffin v. New Hampshire Department of Employment Security
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1977-02-28· cited 4×
• Lavoie v. Bourque
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1961-06-30· cited 3×
• Chaisson v. Adams
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1974-03-29· cited 2×