Smith v. Heartland Automotive Services, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• limiting consideration on motion for decertification to whether plaintiffs are similarly situated and setting aside issue of whether plaintiffs are properly classified as exempt
• decertifying a misclassification action because “[the plaintiffs] rest too heavily on the similarity within the class regarding the time spent on non-exempt duties”
• staying decertification order for 60 days to toll statute of limitations
• staying decertification order for 60 days to toll statute of limitations
• “Courts consider three factors at this second stage: (1) the employment and factual settings of the plaintiffs; (2) the various defenses available to the defendants; and (3) considerations of fairness, procedure, and manageability.”
• not considering a job description that the employees largely disavowed

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).