Lind v. Employment Security Division, Department of Labor

OPINION

Before RABINOWITZ, C. J., and CON-NOR, BOOCHEVER, BURKE and MATTHEWS, JJ. MATTHEWS, Justice.

Appellant Lola Lind obtained superior court review of a decision of the Commissioner of Labor which denied unemployment benefits to her based on her lack of “availability for suitable work.” The superior court affirmed the administrative denial and this appeal followed.

Lola Lind worked as a school teacher in Port Heiden, Alaska, during the 1971-1972 school year, and in Chignik Lake in 1972-1973. Both communities are small villages on the Alaska Peninsula. In 1973, Lind moved to Anchorage and…