Bateman v. Kennecott Copper Corp.

OPINION

COMPTON, Justice.

This controversy has a circuitous history. Wilson v. Employment Security Commission, 74 N.M. 3, 389 P.2d 855, designated Wilson (1), and Wilson v. Employment Security Commission, 76 N.M. 652, 417 P.2d 455, designated Wilson (2). Appellants here were some of the petitioners in Wilson (1) in the district court seeking a reversal of the commission order denying payment benefits to them. Kennecott was the employer in these cases and opposed the payment of benefits by the commission. At a hearing on the merits, the district court reversed the order of the commission and…