Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska Ex Rel. University of Nebraska-Lincoln v. Pinzon

This is an action for unemployment benefits brought by Charles M. Pinzón against the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska (University) and the Commissioner of Labor. Based on the district court’s denial of Pinzon’s request for unemployment benefits, Pinzón appeals. We determine that Pinzón was “unemployed” pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-602(22) (Cum. Supp. 1994). We reverse, and remand.

Pinzón began working for the University in 1993 as a nontenured assistant professor, teaching undergraduate courses in advertising and public relations. After Pinzon’s first year of teaching, the…