SALEEM v. CORPORATE TRANSP GROUP, LTD.

No. 15-88-cv September Term 2015.

854 F.3d 131 (2017)

Mazhar SALEEM, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Jagjit Singh, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Anjum Ali, Malook Singh, Carlota Briones, Jairo Bautista, Jose Cabrera, Marlene Pinedo, Miriam Solorzano, Mohammad Mian, Mohammad Siddiqui, S. Pedro Duman, Rajan Kapoor, Wilman Martinez, Jose Solorzano, Luis A. Perez, Ranjit S. Bhullar, Luis M. Sanchez, Anwar Bhatti, Avneet Koura, Maher Maqsood, Atif Razaq, Bhavesh Shah, Khushwant Singh, Jamshed Choudhry, Aziz Urrehman, Hasan Khalbash, Peter Panzica, Robinson Mata, Hilario A. Sanchez, Mansor Ahmed Rana, Baudwin Kouri, Alexis S. Gacia-Alberto, Muhammad I. Choudhry, Ana M. Herra, Marisol Espinal, Walid Hameho, Alexander Schwallb, Eric Jarmon, Keith Daniel, Rafael Rijo, Babab Hafeez, Norman Levine, Mario Guerrero Batanta, Liang Hua Ma, William Martinez, Mohammed A. Musa, Kerry Bobb, Harjar Rahman, Elpidio Helena, Tamer Rashdan, Mena Michael, Felix L. Caraballo, Mark Shinder, John M. Hidalgo, Odishi, Inc., Kirk Hayden, Bartolome Rosario, Luis Vasquez, Irfan Shafi, Mohammad A. Siddiqui, Wade Quashie, Jimmy Chen, Jeff M. Gravesande, Edisson Barros, Andrzej Olechnowicz, Nick Wijesinghe, (Point to Point Car & Limo Inc.), Jack Golden, Firoz Ahmed, Paul Glibauskas, Felix A. Paulino, Juan De Los Santos, Chowdhury Anowar, Zong Rong Zhu, Mohammed Gazi Ali, Mei Yao Liu, Katelyn Santos, Jose Jaimes, Ibrahim Desooki, Dongsedg Yoo, Jorge Monaks, Malik Hussain, Marcos Mendez, Luis Aucapina, Anderson Gonzalez, Towon Stewart, Feras Issa, Lenkin Pantaleon, Edgar Aucapina, Celstino Montero, Mikhail Gerber, Zydan Elnahar, Dexter Pusey, Rangdeu Multani, Satnam Singh, Xiangbo Li, Huang Xiong Jie, Rafael A. Riso, Ismael Mejia, Kuldip Singh, Jan A. Kalda, Jeewan Sinah, Wilson A. Santos, Sohan Singh Gill, Euclides Pena, Lester C. McDonald, Norman Ho, Gennadi Petrovski, Satnam Singh, Zenxin Wang, Noble Young, Francois Fan-Fan, Muhammad I. Choudhry, Fabian Martinez, Konstantin Katz, Rafael Osoria, Nwala Gabriel, Jose M. Solorzano, Ubaldo De Los Santos, Harrikissoon Seejattan, Harjar Rahman, Adel Elkazaz, Pedro M. Piasencia, Khorshed Alam, Garnell Wrighten, Refat Bhuiyan, Leo K. Stewart, Jeff M. Gravesande, Ahmed Nisar, Danjit Singh, Humayun Kabir Hussain, Mohammed A. Musa, Harnek Singh Whar, Shashi Bhatia, Goginder Singh, Abdelilah Elkarhat, Maninder Singh, Jo GinderSingh, Wilman Martinez, Harvinder Khamra, David A. Sanchez, Syed Firozuddin, Dariusz Rydzewski, Yasar Kahraman, Ali Gazi Mohammed, Ahmed M. Bakier, Onris De La Rosa, Harvinder S. Bhamra, Imtiaz H. Quereshi, Damir, Ahmed Ismail, Munish Kumar, Paul Gladkevitch, Tarlocman Pal Singh, (T.P), Adam Klag, Al Wong Zhang, Mustapha Rahmouwi, Mahammad Ali Siddique, Sheng Zhang Lu, Gustavo Garcia, Ashwin Kumar, Inderjit Singh, Man Cheng, Balwinder Singh, Jawaid Kayani, Sukhdev Singh, Fernando Avendano, Xiong Wei Mi, Mohammad Islam, Dongseog You, Taojochan Sihgh, Ratic Shivionov, Jagdish Kal, Gabriel Pizha, Anomwar I. Chowdhury, Samson Liau, Nestor Teran, Rajan Dodeja, Socrates Gregoriadis, Saad Attia, Anthony Khan, Ramon A. Almonte, Badlani Prakash, Juan A. Soto, Munjed Shabaneh, Jose Solore, Jose M.S., Roxana A. Zetino, Irfan Shafi, Arcelia Barros, Cheung Yeung, Point To Point Car & Limo, Inc., Vishamber Tukrel, Ying Tian Lei, Mikhail Zemko, Tahir Aziz, Wen Zhong Li, Ke Geng Shi, N. Wesesinghe, Christina Sanchez Montero, Kulyk Oleg, Ariel Restituyo, Shuhrat Khakberdiyer, Angel M. Gaya, Bayram Onbasi, Jorge Contreras, Juan C. Mogrovejo, Xun Li Fan, Sameh S. Basily, Jose Pinto, Ramadan S. Kenawi, Donavan James, Ibrahim Onbasi, Amanda Singh, Suleyman Issi, Wazir Mughal, Etienne Tchitchui, Diogenes Pion, Ijaz Mahboob, Pedro Pazmino, Jing Jing Wang, Azid Riaz, Gurmail Singh, Asand Fara, Lawrence Calliste, Guo Bao Xuam, Jeetu Multani, King Wah Yiu, Anjum Ali, Gurmail Singh, Ahmed Aljahmi, Buo Xuan Guo, American Car Limo Tours, Inc., Mohamed Abdelaal, Khemlhand Kalika, Munish Kumar, Shahidullah Dulal, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CORPORATE TRANSPORTATION GROUP, LTD., Corporate Transportation Group International, Corporate Transportation Group Worldwide, Inc., NYC 2-Way International, Ltd., Allstate Car & Limousine, Inc., Arista Car & Limousine, Ltd., TWR Car & Limousine Service, Ltd., Excelsior Car and Limousine, Inc., Hybrid Limo Express, Inc., Eduard Slinin, Galina Slinin, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: April 12, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

RACHEL M. BIEN , Outten & Golden LLP, New York, N.Y. ( Michael N. Litrownik , Michael J. Scimone , Outten & Golden LLP, New York, N.Y.; Stephen H. Kahn , Kahn Opton LLP, Fort Lee, N.J., on the brief), for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

EVAN J. SPELFOGEL , Epstein Becker & Green, P.C., New York, N.Y., ( Samuel Estreicher , New York, N.Y., on the brief), for Defendants-Appellees.

JESSE ZVI GRAUMAN ( M. Patricia Smith , Jennifer S. Brand , Paul L. Frieden , on the brief), U.S. Department of Labor, Office of the Solicitor, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae the Secretary of Labor.

Shannon Liss-Riordan , Lichten & Liss-Riordan, P.C.; Catherine K. Ruckelshaus , National Employment Law Project, New York, NY, for Amici Curiae The National Employment Law Project, National Employment Lawyers' Association, Legal Aid Society of New York, The Urban Justice Center, and Make the Road New York.

RICHARD H. DOLAN ( Wayne I. Baden and Elizabeth Wolstein , on the brief), Schlam Stone & Dolan LLP, New York, N.Y., for Amicus Curiae Black Car Assistance Corporation.

Steven G. Mintz , Jeffrey D. Pollack , Mintz & Gold LLP, New York, N.Y., for Amici Curiae Mark Malchikov, Pavel Borisov, Anton Sirouka, Alex Borden, Vleriy Vishin, Michael Baier, and Josef Nusenvaum.

WARREN POSTMAN , U.S. Chamber Litigation Center, Inc., Washington, D.C., ( Michael J. Gray , Brent D. Knight , Jones Day, Chicago, Ill., on the brief), for Amicus Curiae the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America.

Before: Leval, Livingston, and Carney, Circuit Judges.


Plaintiffs-Appellants ("Plaintiffs"), black-car drivers in the greater New York City area, brought this action in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, asserting claims against Defendants-Appellees ("Defendants"), owners of black-car "base licenses" and affiliated entities, pursuant...

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