Lance GRAVES, Appellant, v. WOMEN’S PROFESSIONAL RODEO ASSOCIATION, INC., Appellee

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• holding that compensation in some form is essential for an employer/employee relationship and prize money obtained by winning rodeo events was not compensation
• noting that the career advancement opportunities could not be considered remuneration in part because they were generally available even to non-members
• stating that essential prerequisiteof employer+mployeerelationshipis that employer mmPcu.m= anployec
• “an employer is someone who pays, directly or indirectly, wages or a salary or other compensation to the person who provides services.... ”
• members of corporation not employees because they did not receive compensation for services and therefore did not have employment relationship with corporation
• members of a voluntary organization whose members pay dues are not Title VII “employees”

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