Kroshnyi v. U.S. Pack Courier Services, Inc.

SUSAN L. CARNEY, Circuit Judge:

This case calls on us to review the district court’s resolution of several questions of New York law under its supplemental jurisdiction — primarily, its application of certain state statutes governing franchising and wages to plaintiffs’ claims for compensation arising from their work, from the late 1980s through 2000, as delivery drivers for one or more defendant corporations owned by defendant Peter Glazman. Plaintiffs contend that defendants systematically undercompensated them for their work, purporting to treat them as franchisees while reaping…