MICKLES ON BEHALF OF HERSELF v. COUNTRY CLUB INC.

No. 16-17484.

887 F.3d 1270 (2018)

Andrea MICKLES, ON BEHALF OF HERSELF and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Counter Defendant, Lauren Houston, Plaintiff-Counter Defendant-Appellant, Shana Mcallister, April Lemon, Plaintiffs-Appellants, Joy Richardson, Plaintiff, v. COUNTRY CLUB INC., d.b.a. Goldrush Showbar, Defendant-Counter Claimant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

April 18, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jamisen A. Etzel , Gary F. Lynch , Carlson Lynch Sweet & Kilpela, LLP, PITTSBURGH, PA, Anthony C. Lake , Gillen Withers & Lake, LLC, ATLANTA, GA, Thomas A. Withers , Gillen Withers & Lake, LLC, SAVANNAH, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Dean Richard Fuchs , Stephen Whitfield Brown , Schulten Ward Turner & Weiss, LLP, ATLANTA, GA, for Defendant-Appellee.

William Grant Cromwell , Wasson Sours & Harris, ATLANTA, GA, Edwin J. Kilpela , Carlson Lynch Sweet & Kilpela, LLP, PITTSBURGH, PA, Benjamin J. Sweet , Del Sole Cavanaugh Stroyd, PITTSBURGH, PA, for Service.

Before WILSON and BLACK, Circuit Judges, and SCHLESINGER, District Judge.


This case presents an issue of first impression regarding the status of opt-in plaintiffs in collective actions under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. § 216(b) — specifically, whether an opt-in plaintiff is required to do anything beyond filing a written consent to become a party plaintiff. See...

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