Court Opinion

ID: 9734756
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 17:45:11.415345+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:26:51.061049
License: Public Domain

PEDERSON, Justice,
dissenting.
Although I agree with nearly all that is said in the opinion authored by Justice Sand, I do not agree with the result. We have often used language such as “necessary to accomplish justice” [e. g., Kuecks v. Cowell, 97 N.W.2d 849, 855 (N.D.1959)] and “to avoid ludicrous and absurd results” [e. g., Skoog v. City of Grand Forks, 301 N.W.2d 404, 407 (N.D.1981)] as legal principles upon which cases are decided.
If there is some theory upon which to uphold an administrative determination that striking workers should be paid under North Dakota unemployment compensation laws, I would be most anxious to learn of it. Otherwise, the decision of Job Service, which appears on its face to be absurd, should be set aside in spite of the mismanagement of Amoeo’s counsel.