MITCHELL v. JCG INDUSTRIES, INC.

No. 13-2115.

745 F.3d 837 (2014)

Rochell MITCHELL, et al., individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. JCG INDUSTRIES, INC., and Koch Foods, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 18, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jac A. Cotiguala , James B. Zouras , Stephan Zouras , LLP, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Stephen Novack , Novack & Macey LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Jane E. Notz , Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, for Amicus Curiae.

Before WOOD, Chief Judge, and POSNER and KANNE, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs are employed in a poultry processing plant in Chicago owned by the defendants, affiliated corporations that we'll call "the employer." The plaintiffs advance two claims: a claim by the two plaintiffs, suing jointly, that the employer has violated an overtime provision of the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 201 et seq.; and a class action claim (supplemental to the federal claim, see 28 U.S.C. § 1367...

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