Cooper v. Lacorte

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that “what matters is the economic reality of the working relationship, not necessarily the terms of a written contract”
• acknowledging a state law claim for failure to pay minimum wage under Wis. Stat. § 104.02
• overturning an order granting a motion to dismiss when “five of the six factors, including control, weigh in favor of employee status, and the sixth is at best neutral”
• “One way to understand this factor is to ask whether the worker has control over such a meaningful portion of his labor that he operates as a separate economic entity, i.e., as an independent contractor.”
• evaluating Lauritzen factors at the motion to dismiss stage

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).