Lemon v. Employment Security Commission

OPINION

MONTOYA, Justice.

This action was brought by writ of certiorari in the District Court of Bernalillo County to review the decision of the Employment Security Commission of New Mexico (Commission) disqualifying the petitioner-claimant (LeMon) from the receipt of unemployment compensation benefits for having left his employment “voluntarily without good cause in connection with his employment” as provided in § 59-9-5(a), N.M.S.A.1953 (Supp.1975). The district court, sitting without a jury, reversed the Commission’s decision on the grounds that LeMon’s termination of his employment (on the…