Consolidated Freightways

6 Cited authorities

  1. United States v. Silk

    331 U.S. 704 (1947)   Cited 542 times   17 Legal Analyses
    Holding that truck drivers who owned their own trucks and hired their own helpers were "small businessmen" who were properly classified as independent contractors
  2. Mitchell v. Tribune Company

    342 U.S. 919 (1952)   Cited 90 times
    Employing the "target area" approach
  3. National Van Lines, Inc. v. N.L.R.B

    273 F.2d 402 (7th Cir. 1960)   Cited 21 times
    In National Van Lines, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board, the Seventh Circuit concluded that the contract-drivers were independent contractors.
  4. National Labor Rel. Board v. Nu-Car Carriers

    189 F.2d 756 (3d Cir. 1951)   Cited 26 times
    In N.L.R.B. v. Nu-Car Carriers, Inc., 189 F.2d 756 (3rd Cir. 1951), cert. den., 342 U.S. 919, 72 S.Ct. 367, 96 L.Ed. 687 (1952), workers who leased tractors from a corporation were held to be employees, on the grounds that express contractual provisions placing the workers under the direction and supervision of the corporation were enforced by supervisors who checked up on the quality of their driving, discharged, and at times assigned routes to the workers.
  5. United States v. Mutual Trucking Co.

    141 F.2d 655 (6th Cir. 1944)   Cited 31 times
    In United States v. Mutual Trucking Co., 6 Cir., 141 F.2d 655, the company contracted with certain owner-operators of trucks to do hauling for it in interstate commerce.
  6. Greyvan Lines v. Harrison

    156 F.2d 412 (7th Cir. 1946)   Cited 11 times

    No. 8779. July 12, 1946. Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division; William J. Campbell, Judge. Action by Greyvan Lines, Inc., against Carter H. Harrison, individually and as Collector of Internal Revenue, to recover certain amounts alleged to have been wrongfully assessed and collected for social security taxes. From a judgment for plaintiff, the defendant appeals. Sewall Key, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., and Homer R. Miller, Asst. to