DAILY HERALD v. EMPLOYMENT SECURITY

No. 45341.

91 Wn.2d 559 (1979)

588 P.2d 1157

THE DAILY HERALD COMPANY, Respondent, v. THE DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY, Petitioner.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

January 5, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Slade Gorton, Attorney General, Joseph M. Littlemore, Senior Assistant, and Steven W. Smith, Assistant, for petitioner.

Anderson, Hunter, Dewell, Baker & Collins, P.S., Thomas R. Collins, and G. Douglas Ferguson, for respondent.


BRACHTENBACH, J.

The sole issue here is whether a newspaper publisher, respondent Everett Daily Herald, is liable for unemployment compensation tax upon persons described as "bundle droppers." Those persons pick up bundled newspapers at the Herald's building and deliver them to "drop points" for ultimate delivery by the neighborhood carrier.

The Commissioner of the Employment Security Department (department) held the newspaper liable for these unemployment...

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