Owens-Illinois, Inc. v. Bowling

Plaintiff, Owens-Illinois, Inc., filed an action in the circuit court of Cook County for administrative review of the decision of the defendant Director of Labor. The circuit court affirmed the Director’s decision and plaintiff appealed. The appellate court affirmed in part, reversed in part and remanded with directions (99 Ill. App. 3d 1117), and both plaintiff and defendant petitioned for leave to appeal. We allowed both petitions and consolidated the cases for briefing, argument and opinion.

The opinion of the appellate court contains an adequate review of the relevant facts and the prior…