AMAYA v. POWER DESIGN, INC.

No. 15-1691.

833 F.3d 440 (2016)

Jorge AMAYA; Miguel Martinez; Carlos A. Real; Jaime Zubieta; Jose Sanabria; Donaciano Cruz; Carlos Jose Munoz Barillas; Amada M. Clemente; Dagoberto Trejo Guzman; Moises W. Portilla Huaman; Mario Antonio Siguenza Diaz; Roberto Carlos Bonilla Reyes; Joel Christian Guevara; Francisco Caballero; Raul D. Ampudia; Carlos Samuel Sanabria; Jose Manuel Cartagena; Mardin J. Moz Giron; Jacobo Medina Zelaya; Jeffrey O. Corea Montalvan; Juan Campos-Perez; Juan Pablo De Paz; Marcos Antonio Flores, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. POWER DESIGN, INC., Defendant-Appellee. Secretary of Labor, Amicus Supporting Appellant. Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc., Amicus Supporting Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: August 15, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Daniel Adlai Katz , The Law Offices of Gary M. Gilbert & Associates, P.C., Silver Spring, Maryland, for Appellants. Leslie A. Stout-Tabackman , Jackson Lewis P.C., Reston, Virginia, for Appellee. Erin Michelle Mohan , United States Department of Labor, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Secretary of Labor. ON BRIEF: Lucy Brierly Bansal , The Law Offices of Gary M. Gilbert & Associates, P.C., Silver Spring, Maryland; Virginia Rae Diamond , Ashcraft & Gerel, LLP, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellants. Paul DeCamp , Jeremy S. Schneider , Jackson Lewis P.C., Reston, Virginia, for Appellee. M. Patricia Smith , Solicitor of Labor, Jennifer S. Brand , Associate Solicitor, William C. Lesser , Deputy Associate Solicitor, Paul L. Frieden , Counsel for Appellate Litigation, United States Department of Labor, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Secretary of Labor. Maurice Baskin , Littler Mendelson, P.C., Washington, D.C., for Amicus Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc.

Vacated and remanded by published opinion. Judge Diaz wrote the opinion, in which Judge Floyd and Judge Thacker joined.


Appellants, over twenty electrical construction workers, (the "Electrical Workers" or "Workers") sought unpaid hourly and overtime wages from Appellee Power Design, Inc. for work completed under a federally funded subcontract between Walbridge/Brasfield Gorrie Joint Venture and Power Design.

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