Don Schoenhals, B. Winston Munn, Leonard E. Essary, Rosa Essary v. Don Cockrum, D/B/A Sooner Inventory Service

SEYMOUR, Circuit Judge.

This action was brought under the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq. (the Act), by employees and former employees of defendant Don Cockrum, doing business as Sooner Inventory Service. Plaintiffs seek to recover unpaid minimum wages, overtime compensation, liquidated damages, and costs under section 16(b) of the Act, 29 U.S.C. § 216(b). 1

Cockrum is in the business of providing an inventory service for wholesale and retail businesses in Oklahoma, Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Texas, and New Mexico. The district court granted Cockrum’s motion to dismiss,…