Mattera v. Clear Channel Communications, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that defendant that employed and paid most of plaintiff class was “significant defendant” because it would be responsible for most of relief sought: payment of unlawfully withheld wages
• finding it \reasonably likely that more than two-thirds of the putative class members of the proposed class — all of whom work in New York — are citizens of New York.\
• finding absent defendant qualified as indispensable because [absent defendant] would undoubtedly be prejudiced if a judgment is rendered in this action in its absence, given that the complaint is directed towards [absent defendant]'s own compensation structure and policies.”
• considering affidavits provided by both parties in resolving a CAFA matter
• absentee owner-employer was a necessary party where complaint sought class-wide injunctive and declaratory relief from the owner of the workplace, even if ownership had changed
• “It is difficult to see how [plaintiff] could be accorded complete relief without [absent party], the entity that employs and, moreover, pays and makes charge backs to the wages of, members of the putative class.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

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• Sorrentino v. ASN Roosevelt Center, LLC
  E.D. New York· 2008-12-01· cited 14×
• In re Bridge Construction Services of Florida, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2014-08-11· cited 14×
• Romano v. SLS Residential, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2011-06-22· cited 9×
• Kurovskaya v. Project O.H.R., Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2017-04-13· cited 9×
• Ellis v. Montgomery County
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2017-01-27· cited 7×
• Richins v. Hofstra University
  E.D. New York· 2012-12-10· cited 7×
• Spread Enterprises, Inc. v. First Data Merchant Services Corp.
  E.D. New York· 2014-02-22· cited 7×
• Lucker v. Bayside Cemetery
  E.D. New York· 2009-09-30· cited 6×
• Ava Acupuncture P.C. v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
  S.D. New York· 2008-12-09· cited 5×
• Ventimiglia v. Tishman Speyer Archstone-Smith Westbury, L.P.
  E.D. New York· 2008-11-28· cited 4×
• American General Financial Services v. Griffin
  N.D. Ohio· 2010-02-17· cited 3×
• Dutcher v. Matheson
  D. Utah· 2014-04-25· cited 2×
• Kairy v. Supershuttle International, Inc.
  N.D. California· 2009-12-22· cited 1×
• Ventimiglia v. TISHMAN SPEYER ARCHSTONE-SMITH
  E.D. New York· 2008-11-28

Cites

16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Natalia Makarova v. United States
  Second Circuit· 2000-01-12· cited 2,790×
• Provident Tradesmens Bank & Trust Co. v. Patterson
  Supreme Court· 1968-01-29· cited 1,299×
• Carol Aurecchione v. Schoolman Transportation System, Inc., Classic Coach and Bill Schoolman, Docket No. 04-0561-Cv
  Second Circuit· 2005-10-17· cited 517×
• Louis Carter v. Dutchess Community College
  Second Circuit· 1984-05-14· cited 401×
• Zheng v. Liberty Apparel Company Inc.
  Second Circuit· 2003-12-30· cited 386×
• Hart v. FedEx Ground Package System Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 2006-08-09· cited 214×
• Isaiah Evans v. Walter Industries
  Eleventh Circuit· 2006-05-22· cited 176×
• Conntech Development Company v. University of Connecticut Education Properties, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1996-12-19· cited 153×
• Associated Dry Goods Corporation v. Towers Financial Corporation
  Second Circuit· 1990-12-12· cited 91×
• Bayway Refining Company, Tosco Corporation, Counter v. Oxygenated Marketing and Trading A.G., Counter
  Second Circuit· 2000-06-08· cited 88×
• Frazier v. Pioneer Americas LLC
  Fifth Circuit· 2006-07-06· cited 79×
• Litton Industries, Inc. v. Lehman Bros. Kuhn Loeb
  S.D. New York· 1991-06-04· cited 46×
• Holland v. Fahnestock & Co.
  S.D. New York· 2002-10-15· cited 24×
• Citizen Band Potawatomi Indian Tribe v. Collier
  Tenth Circuit· 1994-02-25· cited 22×
• Lao v. Wickes Furniture Co., Inc.
  C.D. California· 2006-10-04· cited 8×
• Eakins v. PELLA CORPORATION
  E.D. North Carolina· 2006-09-27· cited 7×