Legal Opinion
Abushalieh v. American Eagle Express, Inc.
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided June 7, 2010No. Civil Action 10-211 (JBS/AMD)PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SIMANDLE, District Judge:
This matter is presently before the Court on a motion by Defendant American Eagle Express Inc. (“AEX”) to dismiss Plaintiffs action under the “first-filed” rule 1 [Docket Item 20]. The pending motion presents two questions. First, the Court must determine whether the first-filed rule is applicable to two consecutively filed putative collective actions under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), where the named plaintiffs are different but both sets of plaintiffs seek to represent the same group of AEX delivery drivers. The Court finds, for the reasons…
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