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VAZQUEZ v. JAN-PRO FRANCHISING INTERNATIONAL, INC.

No. 17-16096.

923 F.3d 575 (2019)

Gerardo VAZQUEZ, Gloria Roman, and Juan Aguilar, on behalf of themselves and all other similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. JAN-PRO FRANCHISING INTERNATIONAL, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 2, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shannon Liss-Riordan , (argued), Lichten & Liss-Riordan P.C., Boston, Massachusetts, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Jeffrey M. Rosin , (argued), O'Hagan Meyer PLLC, Boston, Massachusetts, for Defendant-Appellee.

Catherine K. Ruckelshaus , and Najah A. Farley , National Employment Law Project, New York, New York, for Amici Curiae National Employment Law Project, Equal Rights Advocates, Dolores Street Community Services, Legal Aid at Work, and Worksafe, Inc.

Norman M. Leon , DLA Piper LLP, Chicago, Illinois; Jonathan Solish , Bryan Cave LLP, Santa Monica, California; James F. Speyer , Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Los Angeles, California; for Amicus Curiae The International Franchise Association.

Before: Ronald M. Gould and Marsha S. Berzon, Circuit Judges, and Frederic Block, District Judge.

OPINION

TABLE OF CONTENTS

OVERVIEW ...579

THE ISSUES....580

DEPIANTI...580

I. The Factual Background...580

II. Massachusetts and Georgia Decisions...582

A. Answer by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court... 582

B. Parallel Litigation in Georgia...582...

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