Legal Opinion
Simmons v. United Mortgage & Loan Investment, LLC
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided January 21, 2011No. 09-2147PublishedCited by 351 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge:
The primary question presented in this appeal is whether the district court erred in holding that the contents of a particular letter from defense counsel to counsel for the plaintiffs, as clarified by a follow-up letter from defense counsel thirteen days later, rendered moot the plaintiffs’ claims for unpaid overtime wages in a collective action under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 201-219, such that a live case or controversy no longer existed with respect to such claims, requiring their dismissal for lack of subject matter…
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