Director of the State Department of Industrial Relations v. Bishop

I respectfully dissent.

The Supreme Court of Alabama said in Department of Industrial Relations v. Tomlinson, 251 Ala. 144, 36 So.2d 496 (1948):

[I]t might be contended that registering for work with the employment office and thereafter reporting to that office creates a prima facie case of availability for work within the meaning of the law, and that when such acts are shown a claimant has discharged the burden of showing that he was available for work.

We cannot agree with this contention. Registration for work and reporting at an employment office in accordance with regulations is but one of…