Legal Opinion
Speaks, Inc. v. Jensen
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided May 28, 1976No. 46042PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Per curiam
The commissioner of manpower services appeals from an order of the Hennepin County District Court reversing the commissioner’s order finding that Speaks, Inc., is an employer for purposes of the Minnesota law of unemployment compensation and that services performed for Speaks are employment covered by that law. Minn. St. c. 268. We affirm.
Speaks, Inc., is engaged in the business of selling Kirby vacuum cleaners in Minnesota pursuant to an agreement with the Kirby factory in Cleveland, Ohio. Speaks engages dealers to sell the cleaners by door-to-door home solicitation.
The dealers, as a rule,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Guhlke v. Roberts Truck LinesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1964
- Kirkpatrick v. PeetOregon Supreme Court · 1967
- Murphy v. DaumitIllinois Supreme Court · 1944
- The People v. DaulleyIllinois Supreme Court · 1944
- Lindbery v. J. A. Danens & Son, Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1963
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Wallis v. Secretary of Kansas Department of Human ResourcesSupreme Court of Kansas · 1984
- BKU Enterprises, Inc. v. Job Service North DakotaNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1994
- Wise v. Denesen Insulation Co.Court of Appeals of Minnesota · 1986
- Kern v. Steele CountySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1982
- Lakeland Tool & Engineering, Inc. v. EngleCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1990
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