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Dennis v. State of California (2020) ADJ9346293, 85 Cal.Comp.Cases 389

Appeals Board en banc · binding precedent · 22 pages · retrieved 2026-08-24 · machine-verified 2026-08-24

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Holdings & conclusions

HOLDING No. 1 · DENNIS (2020) · EN BANC printed at § 15.3 slip op. p. 2

HOLDING No. 2 · DENNIS (2020) · EN BANC printed at § 15.2 slip op. p. 2

The tribunal

Chair: Katherine A. Zalewski
Commissioner: Deidra E. Lowe
Commissioner: Marguerite Sweeney
Commissioner: José H. Razo
Commissioner: Katherine Williams Dodd
Commissioner: Craig Snellings (signed as “Craig Snellings” in Dennis, Perez, and Vazquez)
commissioner (not participating): Juan Pedro Gaffney (unavailable; did not participate (fn. 4))
district office: Sacramento District Office
served: Paul T. Dolberg – Mastagni Holstedt, A.P.C.
served: Natasha M. Heale – State Compensation Insurance Fund
served: Office of the Administrative Director – Legal Unit

Where the book shelves it

§ 1.1 The Weight of En Banc Decisions
§ 1.3 The Appeals Board as Court; Rulemaking Authority and Its Limits
§ 1.4 Statutory Construction; Prospective Application of New Interpretations
§ 1.5 Regulations: Whose Rules, and the Test of Validity
§ 2.1 Exclusive Jurisdiction of the WCAB
§ 15.1 The Supplemental Job Displacement Benefit
§ 15.2 The Bona Fide Offer of Regular, Modified, or Alternative Work
§ 15.3 SJDB Disputes: WCAB Jurisdiction; Invalidity of AD Rule 10133.54

Census accounting

Every sentence of this decision is accounted for: 451 sentences — 63 quoted in the book, the remainder excluded with stated reasons. Ledger: /api/census · quote hashes: /api/verification.