Legal Opinion
Johnson v. VCG Holding Corp.
District Court, D. Maine
Decided March 1, 2011No. 2:10-cv-00442-JAWPublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER ON MOTION FOR CHANGE OF VENUE
JOHN A. WOODCOCK, JR., Chief Judge.
In this Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and Maine Overtime Law case, the Court denies the employer’s motion for change of venue to where it is headquartered because the employer failed to demonstrate that transfer would be in the interests of justice or for the convenience of the parties and witnesses.
I. STATEMENT OF FACTS
On October 27, 2010, Ernest E. Johnson, III and Brian S. Prindle filed a class action lawsuit against VCG Holding Corporation (VCG), alleging that, although they and others were VCG employees, VCG had…
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