MONTOYA v. CRST EXPEDITED, INC.

No. 21-1125, No. 21-1482.

88 F.4th 309 (2023)

Juan Carlos MONTOYA, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated; Maurice Smith; Jean Paul Bricault, Jr., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. CRST EXPEDITED, INC.; CRST International, Inc., Defendants, Appellants. Juan Carlos Montoya, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated; Maurice Smith, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated; Jean Paul Bricault, Jr., on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated; Jose Torres Rosado, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated; Austin Coddington, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated; Kevin Hamilton, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated; Larry Wimbish, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated; Rinel Tertilus, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. CRST Expedited, Inc.; CRST International, Inc., Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

December 12, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Hanson , with whom James A. Eckhart , E. Ashley Paynter , Scopelitis, Garvin, Light, Hanson & Feary, P.C., Wesley S. Chused , Daniel R. Sonneborn , Gregory P. Hansel , Elizabeth A. Olivier , Randall B. Weill , Jonathan George Mermin , and Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau & Pachios, Chartered, LLP were on brief, for appellants.

Hillary Schwab , with whom Rachel Smit , Fair Work, P.C., Andrew S. Schmidt , Peter G. Mancuso , and Andrew Schmidt Law, PLLC were on brief, for appellees.

Richard Pianka and ATA Litigation Center on brief for American Trucking Associations, Inc., amicus curiae.

Seema Nanda, Jennifer S. Brand, Rachel Goldberg, Heather Maria Johnson, and Counsel for the Secretary of Labor on brief for the United States Secretary of Labor, amicus curiae.

Michaela C. May and Bennett & Belfort, P.C. on brief for the Massachusetts Employment Lawyers Association and the National Employment Law Project, amici curiae.

Nicole Horberg Decter, Jasper Groner, and Segal Roitman, LLP on brief for the Massachusetts American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, amicus curiae.

Before Barron, Chief Judge, Lipez and Howard, Circuit Judges.


Motor carriers CRST Expedited and CRST International ("CRST") use a "team driving model" to transport goods across the country whereby two drivers ride in a truck and alternate their time between driving and resting in the truck's sleeper berth. This collective action requires us to decide whether, as a matter of first impression...

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