21 Cited authorities

  1. Amchem Prods., Inc. v. Windsor

    521 U.S. 591 (1997)   Cited 6,897 times   69 Legal Analyses
    Holding that courts are "bound to enforce" Rule 23's certification requirements, even where it means decertifying a class after they had reached a settlement agreement and submitted it to the court for approval
  2. Gratz v. Bollinger

    539 U.S. 244 (2003)   Cited 425 times   17 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the "administrative challenges" of "providing individualized consideration" do not justify bypassing "narrow tailor[ing]"
  3. Straughn v. Delta Air Lines, Inc.

    250 F.3d 23 (1st Cir. 2001)   Cited 209 times
    Holding that stray remarks may be considered evidence of bias only in combination with other evidence and if they were temporally close and causally related to the adverse employment decision
  4. Scholtisek v. Eldre Corp.

    229 F.R.D. 381 (W.D.N.Y. 2005)   Cited 119 times
    Holding plaintiff must make only a modest factual showing that he and potential plaintiffs together were victims of a common policy or plan that violated the law; plaintiff's burden is minimal, especially since the determination is merely a preliminary one
  5. Avery v. City of Talladega

    24 F.3d 1337 (11th Cir. 1994)   Cited 148 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a "five days on, two days off duty cycle, repeated four times" constitutes a "valid twenty-eight day work period"
  6. Acadia Insurance Company v. McNeil

    116 F.3d 599 (1st Cir. 1997)   Cited 52 times
    Finding admiralty jurisdiction because the insurance policy “insures a maritime interest (the boat) and insures primarily (if not exclusively) against risks associated with marine ventures”
  7. Anhydrides Chemicals, Inc. v. U.S.

    130 F.3d 1481 (Fed. Cir. 1997)   Cited 27 times
    Holding that referential and qualifying words and phrases, where no contrary intention appears, refer solely to the last antecedent, which consists of "the last word, phrase, or clause that can be made an antecedent without impairing the meaning of the sentence"
  8. Bartleson v. Winnebago Industries, Inc.

    219 F.R.D. 629 (N.D. Iowa 2003)   Cited 18 times
    Holding potential class of 21members insufficient to meet numerosity
  9. Brown v. Argosy Gaming Co., L.P.

    384 F.3d 413 (7th Cir. 2004)   Cited 14 times
    Noting the Seventh Circuit’s "hesitancy to utilize the certification process with its incumbent costs to the litigants and the state court system"
  10. Anthony v. State

    632 N.W.2d 897 (Iowa 2001)   Cited 17 times
    Holding Iowa Code chapter 91A, which allows employees to sue the state for wages owed, is an express waiver of sovereign immunity
  11. Section 275:42 - Definitions

    N.H. Rev. Stat. § 275:42   Cited 7 times

    Whenever used in this subdivision: I. The term "employer" includes any individual, partnership, association, joint stock company, trust, corporation, the administrator or executor of the estate of a deceased individual, or the receiver, trustee, or successor of any of the same, employing any person, except employers of domestic labor in the home of the employer, or farm labor where less than 5 persons are employed. II. "Employee" means and includes every person who may be permitted, required, or

  12. Section 275:43 - Weekly or Biweekly

    N.H. Rev. Stat. § 275:43   Cited 5 times

    I. Every employer shall pay all wages due to employees within 8 days after the expiration of the work week if the employee is paid on a weekly basis, or within 15 days after the expiration of the work week if the employee is paid on a biweekly basis, except when permitted to pay wages less frequently as authorized by the commissioner pursuant to paragraph IV or IV-a(a), on regular paydays designated in advance by the employer and at no cost to the employee: (a) In lawful money of the United States;

  13. Section 275:53 - Employees' Remedies

    N.H. Rev. Stat. § 275:53   Cited 4 times

    I.Action by an employee to recover unpaid wages and/or liquidated damages may be maintained in any court of competent jurisdiction by any one or more employees for and in behalf of himself or themselves, or such employee or employees may designate an agent or representative to maintain such action. II.Whenever the commissioner determines that wages have not been paid, and that such unpaid wages constitute an enforceable claim, the commissioner may upon the request of the employee take an assignment