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· 9/14/1966

Waterman Steamship Corp. S. E. v. United States

Citations

  • 258 F. Supp. 425
  • 1966 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 8165

How courts have described this case

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  • Considering “the fact that [the testimony at issue] reflected simply lay approximation of times spent working, the Court cannot find they reflect significant inconsistencies.”
  • agreeing with plaintiffs argument that “in the instant case, class members are readily identifiable by payroll records”
  • certifying the class, stating that “[wjhile it is true that some defense declarants stated that they did not perform pre-shift work, nearly all of Plaintiffs’ declarations, and a significant number of Defendant’s declarations, assert that they did”
  • “Plaintiffs’ failure to describe a method for determining damages without being provided the opportunity to conduct discovery on the issue shall not prevent the Court from establishing predominance.”
  • explaining the legal standard 10 that governs the decertification analysis

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Judges: Thomas

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