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Leonard LaPadula v. New Hampshire Department of Employment Security

Paid petition · Supreme Court of New Hampshire, No. 2022-0597 · judgment December 20, 2024


Certiorari denied · June 16, 2025
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

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.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Leonard LaPadula

For respondent
Mary Alissa Triick
Office of the Attorney General of New Hampshire

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jun 16 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. May 27 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/12/2025.
  3. May 22 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent New Hampshire Department of Employment Security to respond filed.
  4. Apr 28 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 16, 2025)