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PATEL v. 7-ELEVEN, INC.

No. 20-1999.

8 F.4th 26 (2021)

Dhananjay PATEL, Safdar Hussain, Vatsal Chokshi, Dhaval Patel, and Niral Patel, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. 7-ELEVEN, INC., Defendant, Third-Party Plaintiff, Appellee, Mary Carrigan; Andrew Brothers, Defendants, DP Milk Street Inc.; DP Jersey Inc.; DP Tremont Street Inc.; DPNEWT01, Third-Party Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

August 9, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shannon Liss-Riordan , with whom Michelle Cassorla , Tara Boghosian , and Lichten & Liss-Riordan, P.C. were on brief, for the appellants, Dhananjay Patel, Safdar Hussain, Vatsal Chokshi, Dhaval Patel, and Niral Patel.

Norman M. Leon , with whom Matthew J. Iverson , Jennifer C. Brown , Jamie Kurtz , and DLA Piper LLP were on brief, for appellee 7-Eleven.

Before Thompson, Selya, and Hawkins, Circuit Judges.

The plaintiffs are a putative class of franchisees who sued 7-Eleven for violations of Massachusetts wage laws. For reasons we explain below, the outcome of this appeal hinges on a question of Massachusetts law, upon which the Massachusetts courts have not spoken. Therefore, we certify a question to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court...

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