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HIPP v. LIBERTY NAT. LIFE INS. CO.

No. 99-10699.

252 F.3d 1208 (2001)

David HIPP, and all others similarly situated; Brad Stein, and all others similarly situated; et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. LIBERTY NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE CO., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

DECIDED May 29, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Baxley, Joel E. Dillard, Baxley, Dillard, Dauphin & McKnight, Birmingham, AL, Margaret Campbell, Gregory J. Hare, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, Atlanta, GA, Peter W. Zinober, Zinober & McCrea, P.A., Tampa, FL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Louis K. Rosenbloum, Louis K. Rosenbloum, P.A., Pensacola, FL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Before BLACK, FAY and COX, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

This age discrimination appeal requires us to decide several issues concerning application of the "single-filing," or "piggy-backing," rule1 to opt-in collective actions under 29 U.S.C. § 216(b). We address these important issues in Part I of this opinion, and we provide a brief summary of our holdings here. We first clarify the meaning of the "similarly situated" requirement under § 216(b). We conclude the similarly...

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