Chambers v. RDI Logistics, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 8 district · 8 state decisions

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The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"(1) the individual is free from control and direction in connection with the performance of the service, both under his contract for the performance of service and in fact; and "(2) the service is performed outside the usual course of the business of the employer; and, "(3) the individual is customarily engaged in an independently established trade, occupation, profession or business of the same nature as that involved in the service performed."”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 92 Mass. App. Ct. 801 - Carey v. GateHouse Media Massachusetts I, Inc. · Vargas v. Spirit Delivery & Distribution Services, Inc.

2. “[Whether] the services of the alleged independent contractor are not actually available to entities beyond the contracting entity, even if they purport to be so; whether the business of the contracting entity is no different than the services performed by the alleged independent contractor; or the alleged independent contractor is only a business requested or required to be so by the contracting entity.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 296 F. Supp. 3d 389 - Dasilva v. Border Transfer of Ma, Inc. · 377 F. Supp. 3d 74 - DaSilva v. Border Transfer of MA, Inc.

3. “worker's use of the corporate form was at the worker's behest or forced upon the worker by an employer in order to misclassify him.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 296 F. Supp. 3d 389 - Dasilva v. Border Transfer of Ma, Inc. · 377 F. Supp. 3d 74 - DaSilva v. Border Transfer of MA, Inc.