Legal Opinion
Contract Services, Ltd. v. Iowa Department of Job Service
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided July 31, 1985No. 84-1618PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARTER, Justice.
Petitioner, Contract Services, Ltd., an employer liable for unemployment insurance contributions under Iowa Code chapter 96, appeals from a district court decision upholding the determination of Iowa Department of Job Service that petitioner must assume the contribution rate of a predecessor employing unit whose business it acquired. Petitioner asserts that the respondent agency applied an incorrect legal standard in determining that it was a “successor employer” so as to trigger the application of Iowa Code sections 96.7(3)(b) and 96.19(5)(b). In the alternative, it is…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Peoples Memorial Hospital v. Iowa Civil Rights CommissionSupreme Court of Iowa · 1982
- Messina v. Iowa Department of Job ServiceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1983
- Harris v. EganSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1948
- Burlington Truck Lines, Inc. v. Iowa Employment Security CommissionSupreme Court of Iowa · 1948
- Cornwall Industries, Inc. v. Maine Department of Manpower Affairs, Employment Security CommissionSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1976
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Carpenter v. Iowa Department of Job ServiceCourt of Appeals of Iowa · 1986
- Ray v. Iowa Department of Job ServiceCourt of Appeals of Iowa · 1986
- Riteway Oil & Gas Co. v. Iowa Department of Job ServiceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1988
- Ayersman v. Iowa Department of Job ServiceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1988
- Eswood Homes, Inc. v. Iowa Department of Job ServiceCourt of Appeals of Iowa · 1985
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