Magnuson v. Peak Technical Services, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that false statements are sufficient to present improper methods for a tortious interference claim
• finding that in joint employment under Title VII, the greatest emphasis should be placed on the “extent of the employer’s right to control the manner and means of the worker’s performance”
• finding that in joint employment under Title VII, the greatest emphasis should be placed on the “extent of the employer’s right to control the manner and means of the worker’s performance”
• “[T]he broad, remedial purpose of Title VII . . . militates against the adoption of a rigid rule strictly limiting ‘employer’ status under Title VII to an individual’s direct or single employer.”
• “In order to be subject to liability under Title VII, a defendant must (1) fall within Title VU’s statutory definition of “employer,” and (2) have exercised substantial control over significant aspects of the compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of plaintiff’s employment.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).