PENNINGTON v. FLUOR CORP.

No. 21-1141, No. 21-1143.

19 F.4th 589 (2021)

Harry PENNINGTON, III; Timothy Lorentz, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. FLUOR CORPORATION; Fluor Enterprises, Inc.; Scana Corporation; Fluor Daniel Maintenance Services, Inc.; South Carolina Electric & Gas Company, Defendants-Appellees. Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc.; Associated General Contractors of America, Inc.; South Carolina Chamber of Commerce; Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, Amici Supporting Appellees. Lawrence Butler; Lakeisha Darwish; Jimi Che Sutton, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Fluor Corporation; Fluor Enterprises, Inc., Defendants-Appellees. Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc.; Associated General Contractors of America, Inc.; South Carolina Chamber of Commerce; Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, Amici Supporting Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: November 30, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Jack A. Raisner , RAISNER ROUPINIAN LLP, New York, New York, Charles Anthony Ercole , KLEHR HARRISON HARVEY BRANZBURG LLP, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for Appellants. Charles Theodore Speth II , OGLETREE, DEAKINS, NASH, SMOAK & STEWART, P.C., Columbia, South Carolina, for SCANA Appellees; John Hagood Tighe , FISHER & PHILLIPS, LLP, Columbia, South Carolina, for Fluor Appellees. ON BRIEF: René S Roupinian , Isaac Raisner , RAISNER ROUPINIAN LLP, New York, New York; Lee D. Moylan , Rona J. Rosen , Glenn Weiner , KLEHR HARRISON HARVEY BRANZBURG LLP, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Amy L. Gaffney , GAFFNEYLEWIS LLC, Columbia, South Carolina; David B. Yarborough, Jr. , Reynolds Blankenship , YARBOROUGH APPLEGATE, LLC, Charleston, South Carolina, for Appellants. D. Michael Henthorne , Christopher R. Thomas , James R. Silvers , Piper R. Byzet , OGLETREE, DEAKINS, NASH, SMOAK & STEWART, P.C., Columbia, South Carolina, for SCANA Appellees. David R. Kresser , Matthew R. Korn , FISHER & PHILLIPS LLP, Columbia, South Carolina, for Fluor Appellees. Stephanie E. Lewis , William R. Gignilliat , Allison Chalmers Hawkins , JACKSON LEWIS P.C., Greenville, South Carolina, for Amici South Carolina Chamber of Commerce and the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America. Tara S. Morrissey , Stephanie A. Maloney , UNITED STATES CHAMBER LITIGATION CENTER, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America. Maurice Baskin, Washington, D.C., Bill Foster , LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C., Greenville, South Carolina, for Amicus Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc. Gregory R. Begg , Michael J.P. Schewe , PECKAR & ABRAMSON, P.C., River Edge, New Jersey, for Amicus Associated General Contractors of America, Inc.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Judge NIEMEYER and Judge MOTZ joined.


In 2017, SCANA, an electric and natural gas public utility, halted construction at the V.C. Summer Nuclear Station in South Carolina. As a result, Westinghouse Electric Company (WEC), a contractor with SCANA, laid off its employees working at the project, as did Fluor, a subcontractor hired by WEC. Employees of both WEC...

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