Ron Smith Trucking, Inc. v. Jackson

This is an interlocutory appeal pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 307 (107 Ill. 2d R. 307) from an order denying plaintiff’s request for a preliminary injunction against the Department of Employment Security (Department). Plaintiff sought to enjoin the Department from holding a hearing on the issue of the status of the drivers engaged by plaintiff in its trucking business because the Department utilized unpublished rules to determine the status under section 212 of the Unemployment Insurance Act (Unemployment Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 48, par. 322). On appeal, plaintiff contends the…