Split U.S. High Court Allows For Section 1983 Claims In Unemployment Case

( February 21, 2025, 12:00 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Alabama can’t effectively immunize state officials from claims by unemployed workers brought under 42 U.S. Code Section 1983 for the alleged unlawful delay in processing their unemployment benefits by requiring the claimants to first satisfy the administrative-exhaustion requirement in Alabama Code Section 25-4-95, a divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled Feb. 21....