American Steel Foundries v. Gordon

These appeals present for decision the construction of section 7(d) of the Unemployment Compensation Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1947, chap. 48, par. 223,) which, to the extent relevant, ordains, “An individual shall be ineligible for benefits— * * * (d) For any week with respect to which it is found that his total or partial unemployment is due to a stoppage of work which exists because of a labor dispute at the factory, establishment, or other premises at which he is or was last employed.”

On November 10, 1948, a judgment of the circuit court of Madison County confirmed a decision of the Director…