Legal Opinion
Hough Transit, Ltd. v. Harig
Court of Appeals of Minnesota
Decided August 20, 1985No. C2-85-424PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
POPOVICH, Chief Judge.
Relator Hough Transit, Inc. appeals the Commissioner of Economic Security’s determination that (1) milk truck drivers contracting with relator were relator’s servants and (2) relator’s president was an employee for purposes of the unemployment compensation law. We reverse.
FACTS
Hough Transit owns seven milk trucks that haul milk in bulk from dairy farms to creameries owned by Kraft, Inc. and the National Farmers’ Organization (NFO). Hough Transit’s name appears on the trucks, the trucks are licensed in the name of Hough Transit, and Hough Transit provides insurance…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- United States v. Utah Construction & Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1966
- White v. Metropolitan Medical CenterSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1983
- Markwardt v. State, Water Resources BoardSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1977
- Minnesota Power & Light Co. v. Minnesota Public Utilities CommissionSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1983
- Anchor Casualty Co. v. BONGARDS CO-OPERATIVE CREAMERY ASSN.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1958
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Peterson Ex Rel. Peterson v. Independent School District No. 811District Court, D. Minnesota · 1998
- Lakeland Tool & Engineering, Inc. v. EngleCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1990
- Minnesota Chamber of Commerce v. Minnesota Pollution Control AgencyCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1991
- Erickson v. Commissioner of the Department of Human Services for the StateCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1992
- Application of Northern States Power Co.Court of Appeals of Minnesota · 1989
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