Case Name: DAVID M. MICKELSON v. WILLIAM BENNETT, d.b.a. RED & WHITE CAB CO. COMMISSIONER OF EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, RESPONDENT
Court: Minnesota Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Minnesota
Decision Date: 1977-01-14
Citations: 311 Minn. 557
Docket Number: No. 46389
Parties: DAVID M. MICKELSON v. WILLIAM BENNETT, d.b.a. RED & WHITE CAB CO. COMMISSIONER OF EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, RESPONDENT.
Judges: 
Reporter: Minnesota Reports
Volume: 311
Pages: 557–558

Head Matter:
DAVID M. MICKELSON v. WILLIAM BENNETT, d.b.a. RED & WHITE CAB CO. COMMISSIONER OF EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, RESPONDENT.
249 N. W. 2d 719.
January 14, 1977
No. 46389.
Schermer, Schwappach, Borkon & Bamstead and Richard I. Diamond, for relator.
Warren Spannaus, Attorney General, Richard B. Allyn, Solicitor General, Peter C. Andrews, Assistant Attorney General, and Frank W. Levin, Special Assistant Attorney General, for respondent commissioner.

Opinion:
Considered and decided, by the court without oral argument.
Pee Curiam.
This is a proceeding to determine eligibility for certain unemployment benefits. The commissioner of employment services determined that claimant was eligible for the benefits and that the relator's experience-rating account was chargeable therefor. The essence of the finding of the commissioner was that the claimant was "involuntarily separated from his employment."
On appeal, both parties agree that the principal question presented is which of two entities was claimant's employer within the meaning of the Employment Services Law, Minn. St. e. 268. Because this purely factual question has not been decided by the factfinder, we have decided that this case must be remanded to the commissioner for such a determination, and for whatever conclusion may result once that fact is determined.
Remanded for proceedings consistent with this opinion.