Legal Opinion

Muhammed Abdullah v. U.S. Security Associates, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided September 27, 2013No. 11-55653PublishedCited by 146 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

PAEZ, Circuit Judge:

The district court certified a class of former and current employees of U.S. Security Associates, Inc. (“USSA”), who allege that USSA committed numerous violations of California labor law. USSA filed a petition to appeal the district court’s certification order, which we granted. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 23(f). On appeal, USSA argues that the court erred in certifying the meal break sub-class, because the plaintiffs failed to establish “questions of law or fact common to the class” that “predominate” over questions affecting only individual members. Fed.R.Civ.P. 23(a)(2),…

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