Phelps Dodge Corp. v. New Mexico Employment Security Department

OPINION

FEDERICI, Justice.

Petitioner-employer Phelps Dodge Corporation (Phelps Dodge) filed a petition for writ of certiorari in the district court in which it sought a review of the decision of the Board of Review of the New Mexico Employment Security Department granting to respondent-claimant, Randy Chavez (Chavez) unemployment benefits.

Phelps Dodge employed Chavez from May 19, 1981 to August 20, 1981 in its special summer employment program for college students. In his application for employment in the program, Chavez specifically stated that he sought only temporary employment, not to…