Parker v. Rowland Express, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that courts usually rely on a plaintiffs pleadings and affidavits to determine whether to grant conditional certification at first stage of the proceedings
• explaining the difference between conditional-certification of a collective action under the FLSA and final certification
• denying conditional certification where there were two named plaintiffs and no evidence of others potentially interested
• “At the notice stage, the district court makes a decision — usually based only on the pleadings and any affidavits which have been submitted' — whether notice of the action should be given to potential class members.”
• “At the notice stage, the district court makes a decision—usually based only on the pleadings and any affidavits which have been submitted—whether notice of the action should be given to potential class members.”
• “Here, Plaintiffs seek an Order conditionally certifying this case as a collective action, in order to notify all potential plaintiffs of the pendency of this lawsuit and to provide them with the opportunity to opt in. Hence, the Court is at the first stage of the two-stage process.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).