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GUYTON v. TYSON FOODS, INC.

No. 13-2036.

767 F.3d 754 (2014)

Maria GUYTON; Dionicio Canuzal, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated individuals, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. TYSON FOODS, INC., doing business as Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: August 25, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Wiggins, Jr. , argued, Birmingham, AL (Robert L. Wiggins, Jr., Birmingham, AL., Jay Madison Smith , Sioux City, IA., Brian P. McCafferty , Blue Bell, PA., Candis A. McGowan , Birmingham, AL., Roger K. Doolittle , Jackson, MS., Michael Hamilton , Nashville, TN., on the brief), for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Michael J. Mueller , argued, Washington, DC ( Thomas Edwin Johnson , Allison Balus , Omaha, NE., Thomas Walsh , Saint Louis, MO., Evangeline C. Paschal , Michael J. Mueller , Washington, DC, Emily Burkhardt Vicente , Los Angeles, CA., on the brief), for Defendant-Appellee.

Before SMITH, BEAM, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

BENTON, Circuit Judge.

Maria Guyton and Dionicio Canuzal are employees of Tyson Foods, Inc. They represent a class of employees at Tyson's meat-processing facility in Columbus Junction, Iowa. They sued Tyson for not paying wages due under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq., and the Iowa Wage Payment Collection Law (IWPCL), Iowa Code 91A.1 et seq. A jury returned a verdict for Tyson. The employees appeal. Having jurisdiction under...

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