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TERRY v. SAPPHIRE GENTLEMEN'S CLUB

No. 59214.

336 P.3d 951 (2014)

Zuri-Kinshasa Maria TERRY, Individually; Marlene Nuno, Individually; Michele Cosper, Individually; Selena Denise Pelaez, Individually; Jessica Anne Morgan, Individually; and Tina Charest, Individually, and all on Behalf of Class of Similarly Situated Individuals, Appellants, v. Sapphire/SAPPHIRE GENTLEMEN'S CLUB, A Business Organization Form Unknown; and Shac, LLC, An Active Nevada Domestic Limited Liability Company d/b/a Sapphire/Sapphire Gentlemen's Club, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

October 30, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christensen Law Offices, LLC, and Thomas Christensen , Las Vegas; Rusing & Lopez and Michael J. Rusing and Sean E. Brearcliffe , Tucson, Arizona; The Law Offices of Robert L. Starr and Robert L. Starr , Woodland Hills, California, for Appellants.

Greenberg Traurig, LLP, and Mark E. Ferrario and Tami D. Cowden , Las Vegas, for Respondents.

Before the Court En Banc.

OPINION

By the Court, PICKERING, J.:

This case presents the question of whether appellants, performers at Sapphire Gentlemen's Club, are Sapphire employees within the meaning of NRS 608.010 and thus entitled to the minimum wages guaranteed by NRS Chapter 608. Because NRS 608.010's definition of employee hinges on NRS 608.011's definition of employer, we must decide the larger issue of when an entity is an employer under NRS 608.011, and in particular...

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