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United Insurance Co. of America

162 N.L.R.B. 439 (N.L.R.B. 1966)
United Insurance Co. of America

10 Cited authorities

  1. Board v. Hearst Publications

    322 U.S. 111 (1944)   Cited 791 times   8 Legal Analyses
    Determining whether newsboys were independent contractors or employees under the National Labor Relations Act ("NLRA")

  2. United States v. Silk

    331 U.S. 704 (1947)   Cited 541 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

  3. Mitchell v. Tribune Company

    342 U.S. 919 (1952)   Cited 90 times
    Employing the "target area" approach

  4. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd. v. Phœnix Mut. Life Ins.

    167 F.2d 983 (7th Cir. 1948)   Cited 68 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Supporting employees' entitlement to write a letter complaining about supervisor

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd. v. Steinberg

    182 F.2d 850 (5th Cir. 1950)   Cited 26 times

    No. 12814. June 7, 1950. Rehearing Denied July 17, 1950. C. Paul Barker, Special Counsel, National Labor Relations Bd., New Orleans, La., David P. Findling, Associate Gen. Counsel, A. Norman Somers, Assistant Gen. Counsel, National Labor Relations Board, Washington, D.C., for petitioner. Haywood H. Hillyer, Jr., New Orleans, La., for respondent. Before HOLMES, McCORD and BORAH, Circuit Judges. BORAH, Circuit Judge. The question here is whether certain named fur trappers are employees of respondents

  8. United Insurance Company of America v. N.L.R.B

    304 F.2d 86 (7th Cir. 1962)   Cited 12 times
    In United Insurance Co. of America v. N.L.R.B., 7 Cir., 304 F.2d 86, the Board determined that licensed debit agents, who served United in Pennsylvania, were employees of that Company. The Court held that the agents were not employees, saying (page 91 of 304 F.2d): "In the instant case, United has chosen to operate its business on the basis that its agents are independent contractors and, of course, it had the complete legal right so to do."

  9. N.L.R.B. v. Keystone Floors Inc.

    306 F.2d 560 (3d Cir. 1962)   Cited 11 times
    In N.L.R.B. v. Keystone Floors, Inc., 306 F.2d 560 (3rd Cir. 1962), salesmen whose agreements with a corporation provided that they were independent agents and not employees were held to be employees, on the grounds, among others, that the corporation trained the salesmen, notified them of "leads" weekly, which they were required to follow up, fixed selling prices, approved all sales before they could become final, and unilaterally changed the rate and method of the salesmen's compensation.

  10. United Insurance Company of Am. v. N.L.R.B

    272 F.2d 446 (7th Cir. 1959)   Cited 3 times

    No. 12577. December 11, 1959. Bernard G. Segal, Philadelphia, Pa., E.B. McGuinn, Chicago, Ill., Teschke, Burns, Maloney McGuinn, Chicago, Ill., Schnader, Harrison, Segal Lewis, Philadelphia, Pa., Almore H. Teschke, Chicago, Ill., Irving R. Segal, Josephine H. Klein, Philadelphia, Pa., for petitioner. Stuart Rothman, General Counsel, Marion L. Griffin, Thomas J. McDermott, Associate General Counsel, Marcel Mallet-Prevost, Asst. General Counsel, Frederick U. Reel, Attorney, National Labor Relations