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KNEPPER v. RITE AID CORP.

Nos. 11-1684, 11-1685.

675 F.3d 249 (2012)

Daniel KNEPPER, Appellant at No. 11-1684, (D.C. Civil Action No. 09-cv-2069) James Fisher, individually and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated, Appellant at No. 11-1685, (D.C. Civil Action No. 10-cv-1865) v. RITE AID CORPORATION; Eckerd Corporation, d/b/a Rite Aid.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed: March 27, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter D. Winebrake, Esquire , (Argued), R. Andrew Santillo, Esquire , The Winebrake Law Firm, LLC, Dresher, PA, Robert E. DeRose, II, Esquire , Barkan Meizlish, LLP, Columbus, OH, Seth R. Lesser, Esquire , Klafter Olsen & Lesser LLP, Rye Brook, NY, for Appellants.

Patrick G. Brady, Esquire , (Argued), Suzanne K. Brown, Esquire , John M. O'Connor, Esquire , Clara H. Rho, Esquire , Epstein Becker & Green, P.C., Newark, NJ, Brian P. Downey, Esquire , Pepper Hamilton LLP, Harrisburg, PA, for Appellees, Rite Aid Corporation and Eckerd Corporation d/b/a Rite Aid.

Daniel E. Turner, Esquire , Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C., Atlanta, GA, for Appellee, Rite Aid Corporation.

Laura M. Moskowitz, Esquire , (Argued), United States Department of Labor, Office of the Solicitor, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae-Appellant, Secretary of the United States Department of Labor.

David A. Borgen, Esquire , Goldstein, Demchak, Baller, Borgen & Dardarian, Oakland, CA, for Amici Curiae-Appellants, The National Employment Lawyers Association, Comité de Apoyo a los Trabajadores Agrícolas, Cornell Law School Labor Law Clinic, Friends of Farmworkers, Inc., JUNTOS, National Employment Law Project, National Lawyers Guild Labor and Employment Committee, Working Hands Legal Clinic.

Before: SCIRICA, RENDELL and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

SCIRICA, Circuit Judge.

This case involves a putative conflict between an opt-out Fed.R.Civ.P. 23(b)(3) damages class action based on state statutory wage and overtime laws that parallel the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and a separately filed opt-in collective action under 29 U.S.C. § 216(b) of the FLSA. Both suits allege violations arising from the same conduct or occurrence by the same defendant. At issue is whether...

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