Legal Opinion
Realite v. Ark Restaurants Corp.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided May 15, 1998No. 97 CIV. 7756(SS)PublishedCited by 92 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
SOTOMAYOR, District Judge.
In this collective action brought pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 201 et seq., and New York and New Jersey state labor laws, the Court has before it what it deems a motion for reconsideration of its earlier ruling authorizing class notice to be sent to potential plaintiffs. For the reasons discussed below, the Court affirms its earlier ruling and approves the class definition proposed by plaintiffs for notice purposes.
BACKGROUND
The thirty-seven named plaintiffs in this action are current or former…
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