Supreme Court of Louisiana December 11, 1989, No. 89-CA-2122, 89-CA-2123 (Pierre v. Administrator, Louisiana Office of Employment Security)

COLE, Justice.

This is a direct appeal from trial court judgments, declaring the prior-claim requirement of LSA-R.S. 23:1601(2) unconstitutional on equal protection grounds. The two cases have been consolidated for review.

At issue in both cases is the constitutionality of the portion of LSA-R.S.