DOE #1 v. RED ROOF INNS, INC.

No. 20-11764, No. 20-11769, No. 20-11771, No. 20-11770.

21 F.4th 714 (2021)

Jane DOE #1, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. RED ROOF INNS, INC., et al., Defendants, Choice Hotels International, Inc., Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc, Microtel Inns and Suites Franchising, Inc., Defendants-Appellees. Jane Doe #2, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Red Roof Inns, Inc., et al., Defendants, Choice Hotels International, Inc., Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc, Microtel Inns and Suites Franchising, Inc., Varahi Hotel, LLC, Defendants-Appellees. Jane Doe #3, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Red Roof Inns, Inc., et al., Defendants, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc, Microtel Inns and Suites Franchising, Inc., Esa Management, LLC, Esa P Portfolio, LLC, Extended Stay America, Inc., Esa P Portfolio Operating Lessee, LLC, Defendants-Appellees. Jane Doe #4, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Red Roof Inns, Inc., et al., Defendants, Choice Hotels International, Inc., Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc, Microtel Inns and Suites Franchising, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Filed: December 22, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Floyd , Michael Rosen Baumrind , Tiana S. Mykkeltvedt , Amanda Kay Seals , Manoj S. Varghese , Bondurant Mixson & Elmore, LLP, Atlanta, GA, Patrick J. McDonough , Jonathan Stephens Tonge , Andersen Tate & Carr, PC, Duluth, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Sara Marie Turner , Janelle E. Alleyne , Joshua Tropper , Baker Donelson Berman Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, Birmingham, AL, Ilana Hope Eisenstein , DLA Piper LLP (US), Philadelphia, PA, for Defendant-Appellee Choice Hotels International, Inc.

David S. Sager , DLA Piper LLP (US), SHORT HILLS, NJ, Ilana Hope Eisenstein , Ben Fabens-Lassen , Rachel Horton , DLA Piper LLP (US), Philadelphia, PA, Brendan Krasinski , Emily Ballard Marshall , DLA Piper LLP (US), Atlanta, GA, for Defendant-Appellee Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc., Microtel Inns and Suites Franchising, Inc.

Jacob Roth , Jones Day, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae International Franchise Association.

Cynthia D. Vreeland , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr, LLP, Boston, MA, for Amici Curiae Divas Who Win Freedom Center, House of Cherith, Out of Darkness, Sunrise Ministries, the Table of Delk, the Wilbanks Child Endangerment and Sexual Exploitation (Cease) Clinic, Rescuing Hope, Street Grace.

Before JORDAN, BRASHER, and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.


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