Legal Opinion
Fox v. Tyson Foods, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided March 12, 2008No. 07-11852PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRYOR, Circuit Judge:
The main issue in this appeal is whether a district court must allow litigants to intervene in an action based only on a speculative concern about the stare decisis effect of a decision in that action. Petitioners, 161 employees or former employees of the Tyson Foods, Inc., plant in Blountsville, Alabama, appeal the denial of their motion to intervene in an action filed by M.H. Fox, an employee of the Tyson plant in Albertville, Alabama. The petitioners allege that Tyson violated the Fair Labor Standards Act by not compensating them for time spent donning and doffing —…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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