Contrera v. Langer

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• recognizing that a court may take “judicial notice on a motion to dismiss of filings in state or federal court.”
• holding that requirement was met by plaintiff's filing affidavit to motion to conditionally approve case as FLSA collective action in which plaintiff stated he was a plaintiff in the action
• noting, after collecting cases, that “none of the cited cases require that a written consent to join an FLSA collective action take any specific form, other than being written and filed with the court”
• collecting cases for the proposition that “courts have routinely found that § 256’s requirement is satisfied where a named plaintiff files a sworn declaration with the court stating that he or she is the named plaintiff in a collective action”
• declaration with same averments as in Mendez satisfies § 256 consent requirement.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

1 case in this archive cites this case.

• Contrera v. Langer
  S.D. Illinois· 2018-06-04· cited 31×

Cites

19 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Ashcroft v. Iqbal
  Supreme Court· 2009-05-18· cited 149,772×
• Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly
  Supreme Court· 2007-05-21· cited 146,720×
• Thomas v. Arn
  Supreme Court· 1986-01-27· cited 28,671×
• Staehr v. Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 2008-11-17· cited 605×
• Wagner & Wagner, LLP v. Atkinson, Haskins, Nellis, Brittingham, Gladd & Carwile, P.C.
  Second Circuit· 2010-02-18· cited 302×
• Halebian v. Berv
  Second Circuit· 2011-05-06· cited 268×
• Ellul v. Congregation of Christian Bros.
  Second Circuit· 2014-12-08· cited 184×
• Brown Media Corporation v. K&L Gates, LLP
  Second Circuit· 2017-04-14· cited 162×
• Iowa Public Employees' Retirement System v. MF Global, Ltd.
  Second Circuit· 2010-09-14· cited 101×
• John H. Harkins v. Riverboat Services, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 2004-10-06· cited 67×
• Knox v. John Varvatos Enters. Inc.
  S.D. Illinois· 2017-10-17· cited 60×
• Chen v. Major League Baseball Properties, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 2015-08-14· cited 55×
• Contrera v. Langer
  S.D. New York· 2017-10-05· cited 54×
• Callari ex rel. Blackman Plumbing Supply, Inc. v. Blackman Plumbing Supply, Inc.
  E.D. New York· 2013-12-19· cited 30×
• Mendez v. Radec Corp.
  W.D. New York· 2009-08-20· cited 23×
• Ballard v. Community Home Care Referral Service, Inc.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1999-09-20· cited 19×
• Koljenovic v. Marx
  E.D. New York· 2014-02-06· cited 10×
• Gomez v. Tyson Foods, Inc.
  Eighth Circuit· 2015-08-26· cited 7×
• Bueno v. LR Credit 18, LLC
  E.D. New York· 2017-09-07· cited 6×