FLOOD v. JUST ENERGY MARKETING CORP.

Docket No. 17-0546-cv August Term, 2017.

904 F.3d 219 (2018)

Kevin FLOOD, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Abigail Wiltz, Yalontya Simmons, William Proctor, Victor Green, Akil Matas, Andrew Gugino, Andrew Williams, Bernard Becker, Brendan O'Malley, Chedeline Decius, Cheryl Root, Christopher Stringham, Aesha Johnson, Alibin Drayton, Conrad Campbell, Bryan Poppenger, Daryl Post, David Saroff, Michael A. Johnson, Christine Burns, Donette Kingston, Dwight Forbes, Fantasia Clark, Chunsey Bramlett, Floyd Mayo, Heidi Miner, Howard Heard, Jr., Jacob Oyebamiji, James Baker, III, James Fralix, Jason Darden, Jason Russell, Jaymie Carpenter, Jean Phanor, Jermain Alberga, Jordan Mitchell, Joseph Danial, Joseph Bobb, Jr., Joseph Fiato, Justin Nunez, Karin Calhoun, Kenneth Hoffman, Luke Biggins, Mari-Louise Merkwa, Mary Jo Carroll, Michael Slish, Milandro Genciana, Nathan Adams, Neil Telesford, Nicholas Barbato, Omar Niasse, Printa Dorrough, Robert DeProspero, Roxanne Knox, Runey Mah, Ryan McManus, Sasiya Davis, Shane Mennig, Sue Prom, Tamarah Teague, Tavaras Richardson, Theresa Brex, Tochukwu Ezeagwuna, Tommy Haywood, Corey Brewer, Edwin M. Rivera, Jr., Husein Robinson, Jenery Gonzalez, Tystfyr Butler, Adrian Mapp, Akilah Chander, Albertina Winstead, Anthony Thompson, Bernard Uleano, Brian Mahon, Bryan K. Smith, Jr., Carlos De Los Santos, Carlos Hodgson, Carrie Ann Kust, Chad Simmons, Christine Jones, Danay Walker, Danzale Elston, Daryl Gilliam, David Pragel, Davon Bates, Demetrie Brown, Dorcas Rosa, Gaius Dipigney, Garrick Avera, Gerard Jefferson, Gina Difilippi, Gregory Brainard, Gregory Maturano, Gregory Mitchell, Horace Francis, Jessyca Berroa, Johnny Oliver, Jonathan Eberlein, Jonathan Ross, Jordan Urbanski, Keith MacDonald, Kenneth Johnson, Khalid Hamideh, La'Trice T. Purdie, Marcell Eccles, Marisol Tavares, Martin Enders, Matthew Morales, Michael Pierre, Milton Flood, Nasiba Baimatowa, Norman Johnson, Oskar Rodriguez, Patrick Ruda, Raheem Reddick, Raymond Brown, Rocio Velazquez, Russell Martina, Terrance Hardy, Tymont Patton, William Porter, Brabim Hamal, Byron Respress, Darius Forrest, Elizabeth Marie Terry, Ingrid Cotterell Ingram, Jariemelle Rivera, Alex Mothersell, Alexander Caiello, Brandon Means, Dayquan Johnson, Jaion Hyman, Jennifer Zelaski, Roberto Flores, Trudy Nunan Hobaichan, Victoria Green, Ahmad Amin, Ashley Wolfe, Cortez Cross, Crystal White, Daquan Foster, Demetrius Harvin, Denise Lennon, Emmanuella Pierre-Toussaint, John Kornichak, John Monahan, Juan Lopez, Khaldwn El-Fares, Krisha Prunier, Lisa Chin, Lucinda Kaptur, Michael Kirchmyer, Monte'well Godley, Nathaniel Bray, Sherman Walker, Stephen Marconi, Tamea Dixon, Tientcheu Lambert, Waylon Stewart, Ahmad Davis, Chantale Durand, Dilan Michael Bond, Margaret Ofikwu, Ronald William, Dante Gutierrez, Gary Schueler, Joshua Vincent, Scott Williams, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. JUST ENERGY MARKETING CORP., Just Energy New York Corp., Just Energy Group Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: September 19, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

NICOLE T. FIORELLI , Dworken & Bernstein Co., L.P.A., Painesville, Ohio ( Patrick J. Perotti and Frank A. Bartela , Dworken & Bernstein Co., L.P.A., Painesville, Ohio, and Catherine E. Anderson , Giskan Solotaroff & Anderson, LLP, New York, New York, on the brief), for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

BRADLEY A. SHERMAN , Sherman Boseman Legal Group, Cleveland, Ohio ( Shannon K. Littler Mendelson, P.C., Cleveland, Ohio, and Ivan R. Novich , Littler Mendelson, P.C., Newark, New Jersey, on the brief), for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: Kearse, Livingston, Circuit Judges, and Meyer, District Judge.


This appeal principally calls on us to examine the scope of the "outside salesman" exemption to the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA"), 29 U.S.C. §§ 201 et seq., and New York Labor Law ("NYLL") §§ 650 et seq. An outside salesman is an employee who regularly works away from the...

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