| 25-954 |
Seville Industries, L.L.C. v. Small Business Administration, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2026-02-11 |
Pending |
|
independent-contractor loan-forgiveness payroll-costs ppp-loan sba-interpretation small-business |
Whether payments to independent contractors can be considered 'payroll costs' under the Paycheck Protection Program's statutory definition |
| 25A682 |
Medical Staffing of America, LLC, dba Steadfast Medical Staffing, a Limited Liability Company, et al. v. Lori Chavez-Deremer, Secretary of Labor |
Fourth Circuit |
2025-12-10 |
Application |
|
economic-realities-test employee-classification fair-labor-standards-act independent-contractor statutory-interpretation worker-status |
Whether the Fair Labor Standards Act requires courts to apply a uniform, predictable test for distinguishing between employees and independent contrac… |
| 22-865 |
Mobilize the Message, LLC, et al. v. Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-03-10 |
Denied |
Amici (4) |
campaign-finance campaign-material civil-rights content-based-regulation content-based-restriction first-amendment free-speech independent-contractor independent-contractors political-canvassing political-speech speech-regulation |
Whether regulating canvassing and the delivery of printed material based on that speech's content, function, or purpose implicates the First Amendment |
| 21-1172 |
American Society of Journalists and Authors, Inc., et al. v. Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-02-24 |
Denied |
Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
content-based content-based-law employment-classification financial-burdens first-amendment function-of-speech independent-contractor purpose-of-speech regulatory-burdens speech-regulation tax-burden |
Is a law content-based when it imposes financial and regulatory burdens based on the function or purpose of speech? |
| 21-711 |
Markham Concepts, Inc., et al. v. Hasbro, Inc., et al. |
First Circuit |
2021-11-15 |
Denied |
Amici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
1909-act 1976-act copyright copyright-law copyright-ownership employer-employee independent-contractor statutory-interpretation work-for-hire |
Whether a party that commissions a work from an independent contractor qualifies as the creator's 'employer' within the meaning of the Copyright Act o… |
| 21-445 |
Floyd Calhoun Dent, III v. United States, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-09-22 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
anti-kickback-statute federal-healthcare-programs healthcare-fraud independent-contractor independent-contractors marketing medical-referral referral remuneration sales-commission statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Anti-Kickback Statute prohibits the payment of sales commissions to independent contractors who make marketing presentations to physicians… |
| 20-1787 |
YourMechanic, Inc. v. Jonathan Provost |
California |
2021-06-23 |
Dismissed |
|
arbitrability california-labor-code delegation-clause federal-arbitration-act independent-contractor paga representative-claims |
Whether the FAA requires enforcement of a bilateral arbitration agreement that includes a pre-dispute waiver of representative claims, including under… |
| 20-1453 |
Cal Cartage Transportation Express, LLC, et al. v. California, et al. |
California |
2021-04-16 |
Denied |
Amici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
commercial-ramifications federal-aviation-administration-authorization-act federal-statute independent-contractor independent-contractors motor-carrier preemption pricing-regulation statutory-interpretation worker-classification |
Does the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act preempt state laws that have an effect on a motor carrier's prices and services by discoura… |
| 20-1414 |
Uber Technologies, Inc., et al. v. Ali Razak, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2021-04-08 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
circuit-split economic-reality employee-classification fair-labor-standards-act independent-contractor question-of-law right-to-control summary-judgment third-circuit |
Whether application of the FLSA's 'economic reality' factors to undisputed facts is a question of fact that can preclude summary judgment |
| 19-8202 |
Linda Gough v. Bankers Life and Casualty Company |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-04-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights-act employee-classification employment-classification equal-pay-act fair-labor-standards-act independent-contractor outside-sales-exemption title-vii-civil-rights-act wage-and-hour-law |
Whether Bankers Life properly classified Gough as an independent contractor and not an employee? |
| 19-5731 |
Angel Mesa Madueno v. California |
California |
2019-08-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment civil-rights consensual-encounter consent fourth-amendment independent-contractor privacy property-rights search-and-seizure standing trespass warrantless-entry |
Whether an independent contractor legitimately working in another's back yard has standing to contest a warrantless and non-exigent entry onto the pro… |
| 18A1287 |
Walid Jammal, et al. v. American Family Insurance Company, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-06-10 |
Presumed Complete |
|
common-law-agency darden-factors employee-status erisa independent-contractor standard-of-review |
Whether a district court's determination of employee status under the common-law agency test in an ERISA case should be reviewed for clear error or de… |
| 18-464 |
Hatfield Enterprizes, Inc., et al. v. Washington State Employment Security Department |
Washington |
2018-10-12 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
carrier-classification carrier-control federal-aviation-act federal-aviation-administration-authorization-act federal-preemption independent-contractor independent-contractors preemption state-law trucking-industry unemployment-compensation |
Whether Washington's statute defining independent contractors for unemployment compensation taxes preempts the Federal Aviation Administration Authori… |
| 18-466 |
Gulick Trucking, Inc. v. Washington State Employment Security Department |
Washington |
2018-10-12 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
carrier-classification carrier-control faaaa-preemption federal-aviation-act federal-aviation-administration-authorization-act federal-regulation independent-contractor independent-contractors owner-operator preemption prices-routes-services state-law trucking-industry unemployment-compensation |
Whether Washington's statute defining independent contractors for unemployment compensation taxes, which effectively eliminates the owner-operator bus… |
| 18-469 |
MacMillan-Piper, Inc. v. Washington State Employment Security Department |
Washington |
2018-10-12 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
carrier-classification carrier-control faaaa federal-aviation-act federal-aviation-administration-authorization-act- federal-lease-contract-provisions federal-preemption independent-contractor independent-contractors preemption state-law trucking-industry unemployment-compensation unemployment-compensation-taxes |
Whether Washington's statute defining independent contractors for unemployment compensation taxes preempts the Federal Aviation Administration Authori… |