Legal Opinion
United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Catholic Knights Insurance Society
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided February 16, 1996No. 94 C 5744PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
NORGLE, District Judge:
Are insurance agents independent contractors? The parties ask the court to answer this question for them, in the form of a motion for summary judgment. Although filed pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56, the answer raises the specter of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(1) and speaks to the existence of subject matter jurisdiction. Once questioned, it is a plaintiffs burden to establish that all jurisdictional requirements have been satisfied. Kontos v. United States Dept. of Labor, 826 F.2d 573, 576 (7th Cir.1987). The court responds to…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Nationwide Mutual Insurance v. DardenSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Community for Creative Non-Violence v. ReidSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Deal v. State Farm County Mut. Ins. Co. of TexasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
- 57 Fair empl.prac.cas. (Bna) 697, 57 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 41,115 Patricia Knight v. United Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company and United Farm Bureau Family Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Keith Birchem v. Knights of Columbus Daniel N. WentzCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1997
- Stewart v. WachowskiDistrict Court, C.D. California · 2006
- Green v. BacaDistrict Court, C.D. California · 2004
- Olick v. Kearney (In Re Olick)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2009
- Olick v. Kearney (In Re Olick)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2008
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