DEAN v. AKAL SECURITY, INC.

No. 20-30306.

3 F.4th 137 (2021)

Hayward DEAN, individually and all others similarly situated; Bruce Dupont; Gary L. Carlton; Ruth Mayeaux; Gregory Lawrence Sergent; Gregory Williams, Et al.; Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. AKAL SECURITY, INCORPORATED, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED June 22, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew Seth Sarelson , Coral Gables, FL, James Edward Sudduth, III, Esq. , Sudduth & Associates, L.L.C., Lake Charles, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Jenna Rinehart Rassif , Valerie L. Hooker , Jackson Lewis, P.C., Miami, FL, Tony H. McGrath , Jackson Lewis, P.C., Madison, WI, Charles Frederick Seemann, III, Esq. , Jackson Lewis, P.C., for New Orleans, LA, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before Higginbotham, Southwick, and Engelhardt, Circuit Judges.


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