Legal Opinion
Cruz v. Don Pancho Market, LLC
District Court, W.D. Michigan
Decided March 18, 2016No. 1:15-cv-698PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER FINDING DEFENDANTS’ COUNSEL AND LAW FIRM IN VIOLATION OF FED. R. CTV. P. 11(b) AND IMPOSING SANCTIONS UNDER FED. R. CIV. P. 11(c)
Paul L. Maloney, United States District Judge
In July 2015, Plaintiff filed a one-count complaint alleging a violation under the *659Fail’ Labor Standards Act, seeking damages for alleged unpaid wages. (ECF No. 1.) What seemed like a run-standard FLSA complaint then blossomed into a much more complicated case.
In August 2015, Defendants filed an answer and four separate state-law counterclaims. (ECF Nos. 9-10.) The Court subsequently found that one of those claims,…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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