Goodman v. Minnesota Dept. of Employment Services

Writ of certiorari to review a decision of the commissioner of employment services holding claimant ineligible for unemployment compensation because he was “unavailable for work” within the meaning of Minn. St.1974, § 268.08, subd. 1(3). We reverse and remand on the ground that the commissioner applied an erroneous theory of law in concluding that claimant was unavailable for work.

In Hansen v. Continental Can Co., 301 Minn. 185, 221 N.W.2d 670 (1974), we reversed a decision of the commissioner which denied compensation solely on the ground that the claimant was attending college on a…