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Court Rules Former Lenoir City, Tenn., Housing Head Not Entitled to Benefits.

By Jamie Satterfield, The Knoxville News-Sentinel, Tenn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Feb. 28--A woman fired from her post as executive director of the Lenoir City Housing Authority is not entitled to unemployment benefits, a state appellate court has ruled.

Linda G. Johnson, ousted from her post after an audit showed the misappropriation of $156,000, argued she was due unemployment benefits for her nearly 18 years of service at the housing authority.

In an opinion released this week, the state Court of Appeals disagreed, saying there

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