Usher v. Department of Industrial Relations

Certiorari to the Court of Appeals was granted to review the judgment and decision of that court in the case of Usher v. Department of Industrial Relations, 37 Ala. App. 698, 75 So.2d 159.

As I see it, the question presented, stated simply, is this: When it is determined that an individual’s unemployment is “directly due to a labor dispute”, is he nevertheless entitled to benefits under the Alabama Unemployment Compensation Act, Code 1940, Tit. 26, Chapter 4, §§ 180-252, as amended, if it be found that he was not involved in any way in such labor dispute? To answer the question calls for…