Legal Opinion

In Re Musicland Holding Corp.

United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York

Decided March 13, 2007No. 19-35173PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM DECISION DENYING MOTION FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION

STUART M. BERNSTEIN, Chief Judge.

Tracy Kirkman and Taggert Strickland (the “Movants”) filed a class proof of claim, and now move to certify a class consisting of in-store managers formerly employed in the debtors’ California stores. The Movants claim that the proposed class was deprived of overtime pay and other overtime benefits in violation of California law. For the reasons that follow, the motion to certify the class, as presently proposed, is denied.

BACKGROUND

At all relevant times, the debtors (collectively, “Musicland”) were…

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