DENNY'S, INC. v. CAKE

No. 03-1326.

364 F.3d 521 (2004)

DENNY'S, INCORPORATED, in its fiduciary capacity as plan administrator; Denny's, Incorporated Vacation Pay Plan; Andrew F. Green, in his capacity as trustee of the Denny's Incorporated Employee Benefits Trust; Denny's Incorporated Employee Benefits Trust, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Chuck CAKE, in his capacity as Acting Director of the California Department of Industrial Relations; Arthur LUJAN, in his capacity as the Labor Commissioner of the State of California, Defendants-Appellees. American Association of Retired Persons, Amicus Supporting Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: April 12, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Barry Vaughn Frederick, Lehr, Middlebrooks, Price & Proctor, P.C., Birmingham, Alabama, for Appellants. Miles Eric Locker, Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, Department of Industrial Relations, San Francisco, California, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Perry D. Boulier, Holcombe, Bomar, Gunn & Bradford, P.A., Spartanburg, South Carolina, for Appellants. Anne Hipshman, Susan A. Dovi, Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, Department of Industrial Relations, San Francisco, California, for Appellees. Mary Ellen Signorille, AARP Foundation Litigation, Melvin R. Radowitz, AARP, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae.

Before WIDENER, WILLIAMS, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.


Vacated and remanded by published opinion. Judge DIANA GRIBBON MOTZ wrote the opinion, in which Judge WIDENER joined. Judge WILLIAMS wrote a concurring opinion.

OPINION

DIANA GRIBBON MOTZ, Circuit Judge:

Upon notification from California officials that its vacation pay practices violated state labor law, Denny's, Inc. brought this action in federal court in South Carolina. Denny's asked the court to declare...

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