New Mexico Hospital Ass'n v. Employment Security Commission

OPINION

EASLEY, Justice.

The Employment Security Commission (ESC) issued a decision requiring members of the New Mexico Hospital Association (the Hospitals) to reimburse the New Mexico Unemployment Compensation Fund (the State Fund) for 100% of unemployment compensation paid to claimants for certain weeks during which the State Fund also received a 50% contribution from the Federal Unemployment Trust Fund (the Federal Fund). The District Court in Bernalillo County affirmed the ESC decision, and the Hospitals appeal. We affirm.

The issues raised are (1) whether the New Mexico Unemployment…