Legal Opinion
Ling Nan Zheng v. LIBERTY APPAREL CO. INC.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 10, 2010No. Docket 09-4890-cvPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Per curiam
Plaintiffs-appellees are 25 Chinese garment workers living and working in New York City’s Chinatown. In 1999, they sued Liberty Apparel Company and its principals Albert Nigri and Hagai Laniado (collectively, “the Liberty Defendants”), and others, for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), 29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq., New York state analogs, see N.Y. Labor Law § 652(1); N.Y. Comp.Codes R. & Regs. tit. 12, § 142-2.2, and New York Labor Law § 345-a(1). After a lengthy procedural history, the case went to a jury trial, and the principal issue was whether the Liberty Defendants were…
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