Cases

DECISION AND ORDER ON PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION TO CERTIFY CLASS AND DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO DECERTIFY COLLECTIVE ACTION D. BROCK HORNBY, District Judge. FedEx Ground Package System, Inc. (FXG1) drivers in Maine have brought this lawsuit against FXG. They challenge FXG’s classification of them as independent contractors rather than as employees. I previously certified, conditionally, a fe

811 F.Supp.2d 516 (2011) Wayne SCOVIL, et al., Plaintiffs v. FEDEX GROUND PACKAGE SYSTEM, INC. d/b/a FedEx Home Delivery, Defendant. No. 1:10-CV-515-DBH. United States District Court, D. Maine. September 16, 2011. *517 Donald F. Fontaine, Law Office of Donald F. Fontaine, Portland, ME, Harold L. Lichten, Sara Smolik, Shannon E. L

KATHERINE A. ROBERTSON, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE I. Introduction In this proposed nationwide collective action, the remaining plaintiffs, Jordan Roy ("Roy") and Justin Trumbull ("Trumbull") (collectively, "Plaintiffs"), each assert a single claim against the defendant, FedEx Ground Package System, Inc. ("Defendant" or "FedEx Ground"), for unpaid overtime pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Ac

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION RONALD M. WHYTE, District Judge. Plaintiffs move for certification of a class and three subclasses. Defendants EGL, Inc. and CEVA Freight, LLC (collectively, “CEVA”) oppose the motion. On March 30, 2012, the court held a hearing to consider plaintiffs’ motion. Having considered the papers submitted by the parties and the arguments of counsel, and for the reason

ORDER ON PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION AND DEFENDANTS’ MOTIONS FOR COLLECTIVE ACTION DE-CERTIFICATION Nancy Torresen, United States Chief District Judge Before the Court are the Plaintiffs’ motion for class certification with respect to *96their state law claims (ECF No. 73) and the Defendants’ motions for collective action decertificat

Patti B. Saris, Chief United States District Judge INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Chad Romero ("Romero") brings this action against Defendant Clean Harbors Surface Rentals USA, Inc. ("Clean Harbors") under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA") to collect *156unpaid overtime wages on behalf of himself a

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER LEE H. ROSENTHAL, District Judge. The plaintiffs, Timothy Heeg and Kristin Semon, have moved for conditional class certification and for issuance of notice to potential opt-in class members. (Docket Entry No. 20). The plaintiffs’ proposed class includes “all hourly workers that Adams Harris paid at ‘straight time’ rates for hours worked in excess of forty in a workweek in the past 3 y

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR RULE 23 CLASS CERTIFICATION (Doc. 148) TIMOTHY S. BLACK, District Judge. Before the Court is Plaintiffs’ motion for class certification (Doc. 148) and the parties’ responsive memoranda (Docs. 151, 153, and 157). Upon careful review, the Court concludes that this case is entirely appropriate for certification as a class action, and, accordingly, Plaintiffs’ motion for

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER KEITH P. ELLISON, District Judge. Before the Court is Plaintiffs’ Motion to Conditionally Certify a Collective Action and to Issue Notice (“Motion”). (Doc. No. 10.) After considering the Motion, all responses and replies thereto, and the applicable law, the Court concludes that the Motion should be GRANTED in part and DENIED in part. I. FACTS

MEMORANDUM Joan N. Feeney, United States Bankruptcy Judge I. INTRODUCTION The matter before the Court is the First Amended Complaint to Determine Nondis-chargeability of Debt filed by Maine Coast Shellfish, LLC (“Maine Coast” or the “Plaintiff’) against Jonathan Cowles (“Cowles,” the “Defendant,” or the “Debt- or”). Pursuant t

754 F.Supp.2d 850 (2010) Henry UDOEWA, Plaintiff, v. PLUS4 CREDIT UNION, et al., Defendants. Civil Action No. H-08-3054. United States District Court, S.D. Texas, Houston Division. November 15, 2010. *852 Okon J. Usoro, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff. Dorian Leigh Bass, Terrence B. Robinson, Gordon and Rees LLP, Houston, TX, f