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FRAZEE v. ILLINOIS EMPLOYMENT SECURITY DEPT.

No. 87-1945.

489 U.S. 829 (1989)

109 S.Ct. 1514

103 L.Ed.2d 914

FRAZEE v. ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 29, 1989

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. French argued the cause for appellant. With him on the briefs was John W. Whitehead.

Robert J. Ruiz, Solicitor General of Illinois, argued the cause for appellees. With him on the brief were Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, and Diane Curry Grapsas and Marcy I. Singer, Assistant Attorneys General.*

JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Illinois Unemployment Insurance Act provides that "[a]n individual shall be ineligible for benefits if he has failed, without good cause, either to apply for available, suitable work when so directed . . . or to accept suitable work when offered him . . . ." Ill. Rev. Stat., ch. 48, ¶ 433 (1986). In April 1984, William Frazee refused a temporary retail position offered him by Kelly Services because the job...

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