Legal Opinion
Bolanos v. Norwegian Cruise Lines Ltd.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided November 26, 2002No. 01 Civ. 4182 RMBAJPPublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
BERMAN, District Judge.
I. Background
This is an action by present and former employees of defendant Norwegian Cruise Lines (“NCL”) to recover overtime wages allegedly withheld in violation of (uniform) individual employment contracts, two collective bargaining agreements (“CBAs”), and the Seaman’s Wage Act, 46 U.S.C. § 10313. Presently before the Court is Plaintiffs’ motion for class certification pursuant to Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (“Motion”). Plaintiffs seek to certify a class of almost five thousand “seafarer-employees who worked on the defendants’…
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