Commissioner of Minnesota Department of Economic Security v. City of Duluth

BRUCE C. STONE, Justice. *

This appeal involves the affirmance by the Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Economic Security of awards of unemployment compensation to claimant-respondents.

The respondents here are in similar but not identical circumstances. Mark Belich, Rose Pavcovich, and Mary Beth Duff were employed by the city of Duluth in civil service positions to which they were appointed provisionally. The ordinance under which they were appointed read:(b) The appointing authority shall appoint such person pending the establishment of an eligible list; provided, that such…