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BARTON v. HOUSE OF RAEFORD FARMS, INC.

Nos. 12-1943, 12-1945, 12-1946.

745 F.3d 95 (2014)

Calvin BARTON; Shamika Cureton; Latoya Jamison; Lisa Jamison; Terrance Johnson; Kelly Pardue; Pauline Warren; Anna Edens; Antonio Miller; Stacey Johnson; Sherry Peralta; Natasha Atkinson; Pamela Vaughn; Quashonda Chapman; Shirley Baisey; Billy Harris; Constance Neal, Plaintiffs-Appellees, and Jorge Castellanos; Denise Blackwell; Brian Brownlee; Joseph Hopkins; Teresa Harris, Plaintiffs, v. HOUSE OF RAEFORD FARMS, INCORPORATED, d/b/a Columbia Farms, Incorporated, Defendant-Appellant. Shiren Johnson; Samantha Earl, Plaintiffs-Appellees, and Tawana Blandin; Teresa Calixto; Elodia Carrera; Ernadid Garribo Castillo; Lorena Castillo Corrale; Natalie Dorantes; Ruffina Felipe; Maria Domingo Gomez; Silvia Hernandez; Luciano Hernandez Lemos; Mateo Francisco Lorenzo; Angel Rodriguez, Plaintiffs, v. House of Raeford Farms, Incorporated, d/b/a Columbia Farms, Incorporated, Defendant-Appellant. Jackie Bland; Tamortha Bruster; Myrtle Bryson; Antonio Burts, a/k/a Antonio Burch; Steven Case, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. House Of Raeford Farms, Incorporated, d/b/a Columbia Farms, Incorporated, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: March 11, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: James Larry Stine , Wimberly, Lawson, Steckel, Schneider & Stine, PC, Atlanta, Georgia, for Appellant. Nancy B. Bloodgood , Foster Law Firm, LLC, Daniel Island, South Carolina, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Elizabeth K. Dorminey , Wimberly, Lawson, Steckel, Schneider & Stine, P.C., Atlanta, Georgia, for Appellant. Lucy C. Sanders , Foster Law Firm, LLC, Charleston, South Carolina, for Appellees.

Affirmed in part; reversed in part by published opinion. Judge NIEMEYER wrote the opinion, in which Judge AGEE joined. Judge KING wrote an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.

NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:

Numerous former employees and some current employees of House of Raeford Farms, Inc., d/b/a Columbia Farms, Inc., ("Columbia Farms"), a chicken processor in Greenville, South Carolina, commenced three separate actions against Columbia Farms, asserting two types of claims: first, for the payment of unpaid wages, withheld in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA"), 29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq., and the South Carolina...

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