Supreme Court of Illinois

In an action for administrative review of a decision to deny unemployment benefits, the decision is affirmed where members of Engineers' Union had a direct interest in the outcome of the labor dispute between Central Illinois Public Service Company and Local 702 and, consequently, were ineligible for unemployment compensation benefits during the period of time when, although eligible to return to work, they respected the picket lines established by the members of Local 702 and stayed off the job.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/24/2005
• Published 03/24/2005

Judges

• Justice FREEMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Court

• Supreme Court of Illinois

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Stuart I. Cohen and Mark G. Arnold, of Husch & Eppenberger, L.L.C., St. Louis, Missouri, for appellant Central Illinois Public Service Company., Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Springfield (Gary Feinerman, Solicitor General, and Mary Patricia Kerns, Assistant Attorney General, Chicago, of counsel), for appellant Illinois Department of Employment Security.


• For Appellees:
  
• Janet E. Young, Janine M. Martin and Greg A. Campbell, of Diekemper, Hammond, Shinners, Turcotte & Larrew, P.C., St. Louis, Missouri, for appellee.