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Keller v. Miri Microsystems LLC’s Empirical Analysis

781 F.3d 799 · 2015

Citation profile

23
cited by 23 later decisions
1
states following
April 2025
most recently cited

4 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions

Relationships

Applies 29 U.S.C. § 201 (American Samoa Labor Standards Amendments of 1956) · 29 U.S.C. § 203 · 29 U.S.C. § 206 (Equal Pay Act of 1963) · 29 U.S.C. § 207 · 29 U.S.C. § 209 · 29 U.S.C. § 211

Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation · Anderson v. Mt. Clemens Pottery Co. · Nationwide Mutual Insurance v. Darden

Most-quoted passages

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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “[W]e must look to see whether a worker, even when labeled as an 'independent contractor,' is, as a matter of 'economic reality,' an employee.”
    3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “[I]f the worker's training period is short ... then that weighs in favor of finding that the worker is indistinguishable from an employee.”
    3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “"1) the permanency of the relationship between the parties; 2) the degree of skill required for the rendering of the services; 3) the worker's investment in equipment or materials for the task; 4) the worker's opportunity for profit or loss, depending upon his skill; ... 5) the degree of the alleged employer's right to control the manner in which the work is performed ...;" and 6) "whether the service rendered is an integral part of the alleged employer's business."”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority

How this case has been treated — in progress

Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.