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11 Missouri opinions name it 1 courts 1996–2014 0 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Missouri courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (3)

CaseFollowedCited
Travelers Equities Sales, Inc. v. Division of Employment Securitygreen
moctapp · 1996 · cited in 8 Missouri opinions naming this issue, 1997–2014
2 sentences

2014“No one factor is dispositive.” Id. “„[T]he bedrock is still the common law agency test of the right to control the manner and means of performance.‟” Id. (quoting Travelers Equities Sales, Inc., 927 S.W.2d at 925 ).

2002Rather, “the bedrock is still the common law agency test of the right to control the manner and means of performance.” Id.

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Higgins v. Missouri Division of Employment Securitygreen
moctapp · 2005 · cited in 2 Missouri opinions naming this issue, 2009–2013
2 sentences

2013In Higgins , the court applied the common law agency test and the IRS twenty-factor test to affirm the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission’s finding that a taxicab driver was an employee and not an independent contractor for the purposes of the Missouri unemployment laws. 167 S.W.3d at 284 .

2009“The ‘bedrock’ of determining the employment relationship remains the common law agency test of the right to control the manner and means of performance.” Higgins, 167 S.W.3d at 283 (internal quotation omitted). “[I]t is not necessary that the employer actually direct and control the manner in which services are performed; it is sufficient if he or she has the right to do so.” Id. at 287 (internal quotation omitted).

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Edward Lowe Industries, Inc. v. Missouri Division of Employment Securitygreen
moctapp · 1993 · cited in 1 Missouri opinions naming this issue, 1999–1999
1 sentence

1999Edward Lowe, 865 S.W.2d at 863 (Mo.App.1993). “[T]he bedrock is still the common law agency test of the right to control the manner and means of performance.” Travelers Equities, 927 S.W.2d at 925 (citations therein omitted).

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Missouri. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (5)

CaseCitedYears
Fritts v. Division of Employment Security green
moctapp · 1999
2 sentences

2014“No one factor is dispositive.” Id. “„[T]he bedrock is still the common law agency test of the right to control the manner and means of performance.‟” Id. (quoting Travelers Equities Sales, Inc., 927 S.W.2d at 925 ).

2014“No one factor is dispositive.” Id. “„[T]he bedrock is still the common law agency test of the right to control the manner and means of performance.‟” Id. (quoting Travelers Equities Sales, Inc., 927 S.W.2d at 925 ).

12014–2014
Ascoli v. Hinck green
moctapp · 2008
1 sentence

2009“This determination typically turns on the individual facts of each case.” Ascoli, 256 S.W.3d at 594 .

12009–2009
Stover Delivery System, Inc. v. Division of Employment Security green
moctapp · 1999
1 sentence

2001Stover, 11 S.W.3d at 696 .

12001–2001
Fritts v. Williams green
moctapp · 1999
1 sentence

1999As noted above, the Southern District recently decided the case of Fritts v. Williams, 992 S.W.2d 375 , involving Appellants and one of the plumbers, Williams, individually.

11999–1999
Community for Creative Non-Violence v. Reid green
scotus · 1989
2 sentences

1996Of the twelve factors listed by the United States Supreme Court in Reid, 490 U.S. at 752 , 109 S.Ct. at 2179 , the majority support a conclusion of independent contractor status, while four (the duration of the relationship, the right to assign, the regular business of the hiring party, and the fact that the hiring party is in business) are consistent with the status of employment. 2 However, some factors are of greater weight than others, and the bedrock is still the common law agency test of the right to control the manner and means of performance.

1996Of the twelve factors listed by the United States Supreme Court in Reid, 490 U.S. at 752 , 109 S.Ct. at 2179 , the majority support a conclusion of independent contractor status, while four (the duration of the relationship, the right to assign, the regular business of the hiring party, and the fact that the hiring party is in business) are consistent with the status of employment. 2 However, some factors are of greater weight than others, and the bedrock is still the common law agency test of the right to control the manner and means of performance.

11996–1996

Statutes the citing opinions construe

MO § Mo. Rev. Stat. § 288.210 (9) MO § Mo. Rev. Stat. § 288.034 (7) MO § Mo. Rev. Stat. § 288.036 (4) USC § 26u.s.c.3306 (4)

Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.

Where else courts name it

MO 11 (1996–2014) OH 2 (2007–2011) UT 2 (2024–2024) WA 2 (1998–2021)

Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.

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