People Ex Rel. Olin Corp. v. Department of Labor

This case presents the question of whether the Director of the Illinois Department of Labor can, on his own initiative, withdraw his own order entered three months earlier and direct that a hearing on an issue not appealed by the parties to the order be held. We hold that he cannot do so, and we affirm the decision of the trial court that a writ of prohibition will lie to compel reinstatement of the first order and to prevent the Director from holding further hearings.

This particular dispute is but one of many which stem from a strike which affected the East Alton Plant of Olin Corporation…