Swetman v. Gerace

PONDER, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment awarding plaintiffs unemployment compensation benefits.

The only question before this court is whether the plaintiffs had a contract for the 1976 — 77 academic year, thereby rendering them ineligible for unemployment compensation benefits during the summer months.

We reverse and render.

Plaintiffs, professors at Nicholls State University, under tenure, had written contracts of employment, terminating on May 15, 1976.

They filed claims for unemployment compensation benefits, asserting that they were eligible under LSA-R.S. 23:1600(6), which reads in…