DOES I THRU XXIII v. ADVANCED TEXTILE CORP.

No. 99-16713

214 F.3d 1058 (2000)

DOES I THRU XXIII, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ADVANCED TEXTILE CORPORATION, a corporation; American Investment Corporation, a corporation; American Pacific Textile, Inc., a corporation; Concorde Manufacturers Corporation, a corporation; Diorva (Saipan) Ltd., a corporation; Global Manufacturing, Inc., a corporation; Grace International Inc., a corporation; Hansae (Saipan), Inc., a corporation; Joo Ang Apparel, Inc., a corporation; L&T International Corporation, a corporation; Mariana Fashions, Inc., a corporation; Marianas Garment Manufacturing, Inc., a corporation; Michigan, Inc., a corporation; Micronesian Garment Manufacturing, Inc, a corporation; Neo Fashion, Inc., a corporation; N.E.T., Inc., d/b/a Suntex Manufacturing Corporation, a corporation; Pan Jin Sang SA Corporation, a corporation; Sako Corporation, a corporation; Top Fashion Corporation, a corporation; Trans Asia Garment Forte Corporation, a corporation; United International Corporation, a corporation; US CNMI Development Corporation, a corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed June 2, 2000


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Rubin, Altshuler, Berzon, Nussbaum, Berzon & Rubin, San Francisco, California, for the plaintiffs-appellants.

Stephen V. Bomse, Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, San Francisco, California, for defendants-appellees Advanced Textile Corporation, et al.

G. Anthony Long, Long & Brown, Saipan, Mariana Islands, for defendant-appellee N.E.T.

Edward Patrick Swan, Jr., Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP, San Diego, CA, for defendants-appellees Concorde Garment Manufacturers Corp., Global Manufacturing Inc., and Trans-Asia Garment Forte Corp.

William Stone, U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae Secretary of Labor.

Before: BRIGHT, PREGERSON and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges.


PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:

This case requires us to decide whether the named plaintiffs in a Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq., collective action may, in the caption of their complaint, use pseudonyms in place of their true names. Plaintiffs in this case are foreign garment workers on the island of Saipan. They used fictitious names in their complaint because they fear that, if their identities are disclosed to defendants and other nonparties...

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