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SALAZAR v. McDONALD'S CORP.

No. 17-15673.

939 F.3d 1051 (2019)

Guadalupe SALAZAR; Genoveva Lopez; Judith Zarate, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MCDONALD'S CORP., a corporation; McDonald's USA, LLC, a limited liability company; McDonald's Restaurants of California, Inc., a corporation; Bobby O. Haynes Sr. and Carol R. Haynes Family Limited Partnership, dba McDonald's, erroneously sued as Bobby O. Haynes and Carole R. Haynes Family Limited Partnership, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed October 1, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Rubin (argued), Barbara J. Chisholm , P. Casey Pitts , and Matthew J. Murray , Altshuler Berzon LLP, San Francisco, California; Joseph M. Sellers and Miriam R. Nemeth , Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC, Washington, D.C.; for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Pratik A. Shah (argued), James E. Tysse , and Martine E. Cicconi , Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Washington, D.C.; Michael J. Gray and Elizabeth B. McRee , Jones Day, Chicago, Illinois; Kelsey Israel-Trummel , Jones Day, San Francisco, California; for Defendants-Appellees.

Catherine K. Ruckelshaus , National Employment Law Project, New York, New York; Shannon Liss-Riordan , Lichten & Liss-Riordan P.C., Boston, Massachusetts; for Amici Curiae National Employment Law Project, Impact Fund, Legal Aid at Work, Centro Legal de la Raza, Asian Americans Advancing Justice—Los Angeles, Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy, and Equal Rights Advocates.

Dennis J. Herrera , City Attorney; Christine Van Aken , Chief of Appellate Litigation, Yvonne Meré , Chief of Complex & Affirmative Litigation; Matthew Goldberg , Deputy City Attorney; Office of the City Attorney, San Francisco, California; Barbara J. Parker , City Attorney; Maria Bee , Special Counsel; Erin Bernstein , Senior Deputy City Attorney; Malia McPherson , Attorney; Office of the City Attorney, Oakland, California; for Amici Curiae City of Oakland and City and County of San Francisco.

Karen Marchiano , DLA Piper LLP (US), East Palo Alto, California; Norman M. Leon and John F. Verhey , DLA Piper LLP (US), Chicago, Illinois; for Amici Curiae International Franchise Association and California Restaurant Association.

Robert R. Roginson , Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart P.C., Los Angeles, California, for Amici Curiae Employers Group and Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America.

Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Chief Judge Thomas

OPINION

In this class action, workers employed at McDonald's franchises in California appeal from a summary judgment entered in favor of McDonald's. Plaintiffs allege that they were denied overtime premiums, meal and rest breaks, and other benefits in violation of the California Labor Code. Plaintiffs further allege...

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