DIRECTOR OF STATE DEPT. OF IND. REL. v. Nolin

This is an unemployment compensation case.

The claimant, Nolin, was denied benefits under Alabama's Unemployment Compensation Act. She appealed this determination to the Board of Appeals of the Department of Industrial Relations which upheld the denial of benefits. On July 22, 1977, claimant filed an appeal to the Blount County Circuit Court. After a trial de novo the trial court entered judgment in favor of the claimant. The Director of the Department of Industrial Relations (Department) appeals from that judgment.

The department contends that the trial court did not have jurisdiction to hear…