Raymond Richardson v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A

KING, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs-Appellants claim that Defendants-Appellees violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) by, inter alia, improperly classifying them as exempt employees and failing to pay appropriate overtime. Plaintiffs-Appellants, however, were also class members of a previously settled opt out class action in California state court that released FLSA claims. The district court concluded that the previous settlement could preclude the instant litigation and, after determining that the previous settlement satisfied due process requirements, granted the Defendants-Ap-pellees’…