Ali v. L.A. Focus Publication

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• that reporter was paid by the article is indicative of an independent contractor relationship, but that fact alone is not dispositive if other indicia of employment are present
• that reporter was paid by the article is indicative of an independent contractor relationship, but that fact alone is not dispositive if other indicia of employment are present
• “Several appellate courts ... have held that, because independent contractors are not employees, they lack standing to assert a claim for wrongful termination in violation of public policy.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Reid v. Google, Inc.
  California Supreme Court· 2010-08-05· cited 657×
• Narayan v. EGL, INC.
  Ninth Circuit· 2010-07-13· cited 110×
• Vernon v. State of California
  California Court of Appeal· 2004-02-25· cited 83×
• Bowman v. Wyatt
  California Court of Appeal· 2010-07-01· cited 56×
• Hennighan v. Insphere Insurance Solutions
  N.D. California· 2014-04-21· cited 9×
• Rall v. Tribune 365 LLC
  California Court of Appeals, 5th District· 2019-01-17· cited 2×
• Narayan v. EGL, INC.
  Ninth Circuit· 2010-08-05
• Rall v. Tribune 365, LLC
  California Court of Appeal· 2019-12-18

Cites

24 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Buckley v. Valeo
  Supreme Court· 1976-02-27· cited 4,982×
• Aguilar v. Atlantic Richfield Co.
  California Supreme Court· 2001-07-11· cited 2,941×
• Guz v. Bechtel National, Inc.
  California Supreme Court· 2000-10-05· cited 1,654×
• Foley v. Interactive Data Corp.
  California Supreme Court· 1988-12-29· cited 948×
• Tameny v. Atlantic Richfield Co.
  California Supreme Court· 1980-06-02· cited 695×
• Merrill v. Navegar, Inc.
  California Supreme Court· 2001-08-06· cited 637×
• Monitor Patriot Co. v. Roy
  Supreme Court· 1971-02-24· cited 520×
• S. G. Borello & Sons, Inc. v. Department of Industrial Relations
  California Supreme Court· 1989-03-23· cited 309×
• Green v. Ralee Engineering Co.
  California Supreme Court· 1998-08-31· cited 294×
• Stevenson v. Superior Court
  California Supreme Court· 1997-08-27· cited 248×
• Artiglio v. Corning Inc.
  California Supreme Court· 1998-07-09· cited 200×
• Fort v. Civil Service Commission
  California Supreme Court· 1964-05-28· cited 184×
• Sharon P. v. Arman, Ltd.
  California Supreme Court· 1999-12-16· cited 142×
• Binder v. Aetna Life Insurance
  California Court of Appeal· 1999-10-14· cited 119×
• Tieberg v. Unemployment Ins. App. Bd.
  California Supreme Court· 1970-07-30· cited 112×
• Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., Inc. v. Superior Court
  California Court of Appeal· 1990-05-22· cited 96×
• ELSENBERG v. Alameda Newspapers, Inc.
  California Court of Appeal· 1999-09-20· cited 86×
• Swat-Fame, Inc. v. Goldstein
  California Court of Appeal· 2002-08-05· cited 41×
• Jersey v. John Muir Medical Center
  California Court of Appeal· 2002-04-16· cited 26×
• Sistare-Meyer v. Young Men's Christian Ass'n of Metropolitan Los Angeles
  California Court of Appeal· 1997-10-01· cited 20×