Langlois v. Department of Employment & Training

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• holding that § 1352 vests the finder of fact with discretion to issue subpoenas in unemployment-compensation matters
• holding that § 1352 vests the finder of fact with discretion to issue subpoenas in unemployment-compensation matters
• explaining that the hearing officer owes the claimant “every assistance in presenting his case consistent with the referee’s duty to impartially decide the issues” (quotation omitted)
• explaining that the hearing officer owes the claimant \every assistance in presenting his case consistent with the referee's duty to impartially decide the issues\ (quotation omitted)
• concluding referee owes claimant “ ‘every assistance in presenting his case consistent with the referee’s duty to impartially decide the issues’” (quoting Dague v. Department of Employment Sec., 138 Vt. 57, 412 A.2d 706, 707 (1980))
• availability of subpoenas to protect right to confront witnesses is quid pro quo for allowing important administrative determinations to be made based on written hearsay evidence

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).