Brown Shoe Co. v. Gordon

The Brown Shoe Company appeals from a judgment of the circuit court of Jackson County affirming a decision of the Director of Labor that certain employees of appellant company are eligible for unemployment compensation. The question is whether the finding of the Director of Labor, that the unemployment was not due to a stoppage of work existing because of a labor dispute, is contrary to the manifest weight of the evidence.

Because of the nature of the question involved, it is necessary to relate in some detail the facts disclosed by the record. The appellant company is engaged in the…