JOHNSTON v. VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA, INC.

No. 99-5132.

213 F.3d 559 (2000)

Deborah JOHNSTON, individually and on behalf of others similarly situated; Diana Russ, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated; Bridget A. Ames; Russell Applegate; Lajoya A. Barnes; Sharon Bates; Betty J. Baucom; Helen Berry; Jimmy Bostic; Aleta Britt; Angeline C. Brooks; Shawnda L. Brown; Dawna Campbell; Edna J. Crabtree; Priscilla Crume; Sandra D. Deville; Tina M. English; Linda Hall; Pat Harper; Rosie M. Jones; Alysa L. Kinnell; Thomas Lawrence, Jr.; Queen E. Lewis; Marie A. Maxwell; Patricia R. McCarrell; Sean McDaniel; Charles W. Mulanax; Lugena Nwaiwa; Terrell T. Palmer; Loverl Ramsey; Yolanda Ramsey; Tracy Richard; Tilequa L. Savage; Miriam Serwanga; Patricia L. Staley; Michelle L. Tyma, Teri Vaught; Teresa Veales; Ernest Walston; Jerild A. Walston; Karla Walston; Sandra Wilkins; Lakeesa Gibbons; Rhonda D. Wheeler; Kelly J. Kaulay; Tracy Emerson; Darren J. Hannah, Christi G. King-Williams; Pamela J. Berry; Michael W. Graham; Kimberly Jones, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA, INC., Defendant-Appellant. State of Oklahoma, Department of Human Services, Amicus Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

May 23, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JoAnne Deaton (Michael F. Smith of Rhodes, Hieronymus, Jones, Tucker & Gable, P.L.L.C., Tulsa, Oklahoma; Richard Gann of Riggs Abney Neal Turpen Orbison & Lewis, Tulsa, Oklahoma with her on the brief), for Defendant-Appellant.

Steven R. Hickman of Frasier, Frasier & Hickman, Tulsa, Oklahoma, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Mark Lawton Jones, Assistant Attorney General, State of Oklahoma, Department of Human Services, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, filed a brief for Amicus Curiae.

Before BALDOCK, McKAY, and ALARCON, Circuit Judges.


ALARCON, Circuit Judge.

Volunteers of America Oklahoma, Inc. ("the VAO") appeals from the order denying its motion for summary judgment seeking dismissal of the claims brought against it by its employees who work as Habilitation Training Specialists and Habilitation Training Specialist Managers ("Habilitation employees") in residences in the VAO's supported living program. The Habilitation employees filed a claim against...

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