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· 5/15/1998

Realite v. Ark Restaurants Corp.

Citations

  • 7 F. Supp. 2d 303
  • 4 Wage & Hour Cas.2d (BNA) 1207
  • 1998 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 7390
  • 1998 WL 255426

How courts have described this case

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  • affirming earlier ruling authorizing class notice to potential plaintiffs and approving the class definition proposed by plaintiffs
  • the plaintiff must make “a modest factual showing sufficient to demonstrate that they and potential plaintiffs together were victims of a common policy or plan that violated the law.”
  • “at the notice stage, however, courts in this circuit apply a lenient standard”
  • “[S]hould discovery reveal that ... only plaintiffs who worked in the same ... restaurant or who held the same job type are similarly situated, [the court] may later decertify the class, or divide the class into subgroups, if appropriate.”

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Judges: Sotomayor

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