Legal Opinion
Aaron Espenscheid v. DirectSat USA
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 4, 2013No. 12-1943PublishedCited by 188 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The three appellants are the named plaintiffs in a class action suit (actually a set of such suits) to enforce the Fair Labor Standards Act and parallel state laws governing minimum wages and overtime. Only the supplemental state law claims were brought as class actions, all under Rule 23(b)(3) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure; the claim under the FLSA is a “collective action” governed by section 16(b) of that Act, 29 U.S.C. § 216(b), which allows an employee to bring suit on behalf of all “similarly situated” employees. The relief sought, both under the…
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