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CASTANEDA v. JBS USA, LLC

Nos. 14-1217, 14-1221.

819 F.3d 1237 (2016)

Esmeralda CASTANEDA; Joshua J. Peters; Andrew Ruiz; Angelica Gutierrez; Joann S. Lopez; Mariano Gallegos; Tim Praeuner; Dawn Allmer; Samuel Sanchez; Adan Abdullahi; Amino N. Galal; Istahil Farah Jama; Abdirizak M. Abdi; Muhyadin Au; Mohamed Horor; Habibo A. Elmi; Hibo H. Maalin; Faiuma Jama; Batula Awl; Sadi M. Adan; Abdirizak Ahmed; Ahmed Ali Gelle; Habiba Abdi; Kuresha S. Noor; Mohamed Isse; Mohamed A. Mohamed; Abdi Abdirahman; Mohamed Mohamed; Mohamed Burow; Israd Ibrahim; Abdi Jama; Abdiaziz Osman; Ibrahim O. Hassan; Nur A. Abdullahi; Abdul Kadir Ali; Nur B. Shube; Abdiamar Bare; Suhan Jama; Hassan Farah; Najima Handule; Ahmed Sirad Abdi; Ali Abdi; Abdullahi Abdivahman; Saleban Ahmed; Abdimahat Ali; Manuel Gallegou; Abdirahman Hassan; Sadiyo Hassan; Nimc Mohamed; Ali Ahmed Muse; Nimo Omar; Abdul Patah; Ashley Taylor; Sahro Jama; Fardowsa Ali; Ibrahim A. Iman; Ahmed Khalif; Iraq I. Abade; Mohamed F. Jama; Mohamud Mohamed Ahmed; Anab Abdi; Haji Ali Mohamud; Kamal Salah; Fardowsa Anshur; Sahra Nur; Tajir Hersi, Plaintiffs-Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. JBS USA, LLC, Defendant-Appellee/Cross-Appellant, and Swift Beef Company; Swift & Company, Inc.; JBS Swift & Company; JBS S.A., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc May 3, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Wiggins, Jr. , Wiggins, Childs, Pantazis, Fisher & Goldfarb, Birmingham, AL ( Robert J. Camp , Wiggins, Childs, Pantazis, Fisher & Goldfarb,) Birmingham, AL, Diane Vaksdal Smith , Burg Simpson Eldredge Hersh & Jardine, P.C., Englewood, CO, and Joseph D. Lane , The Cochran Law Firm, P.C., Dothan, AL, with him on the briefs for Plaintiffs-Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

W.V. Bernie Siebert , Sherman & Howard, L.L.C., Denver, CO ( Kelly K. Robinson , Sherman & Howard, L.L.C., Denver, CO and Lori M. Phillips , Sherman & Howard, L.L.C., Atlanta, GA, with him on the briefs), for Defendant-Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

Before KELLY, HARTZ, and GORSUCH, Circuit Judges.

Plaintiffs are current and former hourly employees in the slaughter and fabrication operations of a beef-processing plant in Greeley, Colorado, now owned by JBS USA, LLC (JBS). Employees on the slaughter line kill the cattle and disassemble them into sides of beef; employees on the fabrication line cut the sides into various...

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