Mealey's ( June 7, 2023, 8:24 AM EDT) -- BOSTON — Franchisees operating 7-Eleven stores were properly found to be independent contractors by a trial court, and a proposed interpretation of the threshold inquiry suggested by the franchisees fails to follow case law and guidance from the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC), 7-Eleven Inc. argues in an opposition brief filed in the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals....