TREJO v. RYMAN HOSPITALITY PROPERTIES, INC.

No. 14-1485.

795 F.3d 442 (2015)

Patricio David TREJO, Plaintiff, Mohammad Sazzad Jahir; Anthony Mintu Gomes, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. RYMAN HOSPITALITY PROPERTIES, INC., a Delaware corporation; Marriott International, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Defendants-Appellees. United States of America, Amicus Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: July 29, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Charity Chidinma Emeronye Swift , Swift & Swift, Attorneys at Law, P.L.L.C., Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellants. Joshua B. Waxman , Littler Mendelson, P.C., Houston, Texas; Daniel Vincent Johns , Ballard Spahr LLP, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Stephen Christopher Swift , Swift & Swift, Attorneys at Law, P.L.L.C., Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellants. Steven E. Kaplan , Washington, D.C., David B. Jordan , Littler Mendelson, P.C., Houston, Texas, for Appellee Marriott International, Incorporated; Michelle M. McGeogh , Ballard Spahr LLP, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. Rod J. Rosenstein , United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland, Joyce R. Branda , Acting Assistant Attorney General, Michael Jay Singer , John S. Koppel , Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Amicus United States of America.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge SHEDD wrote the opinion, in which Judge DUNCAN joined. Judge HARRIS wrote a separate opinion concurring in the judgment.


Mohammad Sazzad and Anthony Gomes (the Plaintiffs)1 brought this action against their employers, Ryman Hospitality Properties Inc., and Marriott International, Inc. (the Defendants), alleging violations of the tip-credit provision of the Fair Labor Standards...

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