DAWSON v. NAT. COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION

No. 17-15973.

932 F.3d 905 (2019)

Lamar DAWSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION; PAC-12 Conference, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 12, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark C. Rifkin (argued) and Jeffrey G. Smith , Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Hertz LLP, New York, New York; Betsy C. Manifold , Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Hertz LLP, San Diego, California; John M. Kelson , The Law Offices of John M. Kelson, Oakland, California; Jerry K. Cimmet , San Mateo, California; for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Daniel S. Volchok (argued) and David M. Lehn , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, D.C.; Kenneth D. Sulzer , Steven B. Katz , and Sarah Kroll-Rosenbaum , Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP, Los Angeles, California; for Defendant-Appellee National Collegiate Athletic Association.

Kiran A. Seldon (argued), Jeffrey A. Berman , and Diana Tabacopoulos , Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Defendant-Appellee PAC-12 Conference.

Before: Sidney R. Thomas, Chief Judge, Andrew J. Kleinfeld, Circuit Judge, and George H. Wu, District Judge.


OPINION

We consider whether Lamar Dawson and Division I Football Bowl Subdivision ("FBS") Football Players are employees of the National Collegiate Athletic Association ("NCAA") and PAC-12 Conference ("PAC-12") within the meaning of the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA"), 29 U.S.C. §§ 201-219, and California labor...

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