No. 24-1175

Leonard LaPadula v. New Hampshire Department of Employment Security

Lower Court: New Hampshire
Docketed: 2025-05-16
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: cares-act citizenship-rights domicile federal-entitlements labor-market pandemic-unemployment
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2025-06-12
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a United States citizen living and working abroad is eligible for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) under the CARES Act despite state-specific physical residency laws

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

I. Whether a United States citizen living and working abroad, whose employment remains connected to the U.S. labor market, is eligible for federal entitlements, such as Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) under the CARES Act, by virtue of a federally recognized domicile, or whether statespecific physical residency laws may lawfully disqualify such claimants. 1 Parties To The Case II. Leonard LaPadula, individually and on behalf of himself is Petitioner here and was Appellant below. New Hampshire Employment Security, Respondent here and was Appellee below. III. List of Proceedings N.H. Employment Security Appeals Tribunal Docket No: 2100914890 Title: De novo Hearing for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Date of Decision: March 7, 2022 N.H. Appellate Board Docket No: 0006-22 Title: Appeal of Leonard LaPadula Date of Order: August 26, 2022 Date of Order on Motion to Reconsider: September 30, 2022 N.H. Supreme Court Docket No: 2022-0597 Title: Appeal of Leonard LaPadula Date of Final Order: December 20, 2024 Date of Order on Motion for Reconsideration: January 27, 2025 li

Docket Entries

2025-06-16
Petition DENIED.
2025-05-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/12/2025.
2025-05-22
Waiver of New Hampshire Department of Employment Security of right to respond submitted.
2025-05-22
Waiver of right of respondent New Hampshire Department of Employment Security to respond filed.
2025-04-28

Attorneys

Leonard LaPadula
Leonard LaPadula — Petitioner
Leonard LaPadula — Petitioner
New Hampshire Department of Employment Security
Mary Alissa TriickOffice of the Attorney General of New Hampshire, Respondent
Mary Alissa TriickOffice of the Attorney General of New Hampshire, Respondent