Legal Opinion
W. J. Usery, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor, Plaintiff v. Pilgrim Equipment Company, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 3, 1976No. 74--2909PublishedCited by 178 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Circuit Judge:
The Secretary of Labor challenges the independent contractor status assigned to approximately 60 women operators of laundry pick-up stations by 10 related corporations, which we group here under the common appellation Pilgrim. 1 In capsule, each operator works at a separate location to which customers bring items to be cleaned. Pilgrim picks up, cleans and returns the items. The operator then makes delivery to the customer and collects the cleaning price.
Concluding from undisputed facts that Pilgrim had correctly classified these operators as nonemployees for wage and…
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