National Labor Relations Board v. United Insurance Co. of America

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that performing “functions that are an essential part of the company’s normal operations” is typically the role of an employee, not an independent contractor
• explaining that “ ‘employees’ ... are protected by the [Act, but] ‘independent contractors’ ... are expressly exempted”
• stating that “there is no doubt that we should apply the common[ ]law agency test . . . in distinguishing an employee from an independent contractor”
• construing \employee\ and \independent contractor\ under the Act with reference to the common law of agency
• construing \employee\ and \independent contractor\ under the Act with reference to the common law of agency
• setting out tailored factors relevant to whether a doctor is an employee of an entity providing medical services

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).