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· 12/19/1991

Jack Bradley, Inc. v. Department of Employment Security

Citations

  • 585 N.E.2d 123
  • 146 Ill. 2d 61
  • 165 Ill. Dec. 727
  • 1991 Ill. LEXIS 127

How courts have described this case

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

  • stating that dictionary definition of “employment” cannot substitute for broader statutory definition of term
  • food demonstrators were not independent contractors since demonstration company retained all proprietary interests in business
  • food demonstrators were not independent contractors since demonstration company retained all proprietary interests in business
  • “employee’s entrepreneurial enterprise must enjoy a ‘degree of economic independence such that the enterprise could survive any relationship with the particular person contracting for services’ ”
  • “[Tjhe Unemployment Compensation Act is not a taxing act, but is one passed to alleviate the perils of unemployment under the police powers of the State, and should receive a liberal construction.”

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Judges: Freeman, Heiple

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