Contrera v. Langer’s Empirical Analysis
2017
Citation profile
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Applies 29 U.S.C. § 201 (American Samoa Labor Standards Amendments of 1956) · 29 U.S.C. § 202 · 29 U.S.C. § 216 · 29 U.S.C. § 255 · 29 U.S.C. § 256
Relies on Pace v. Superintendent State Correctional Institution at Graterford · Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. v. Sperling · Wallace v. Kato · Wallace v. Kato · Lawrence v. Florida
Most-quoted passages
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“the sole consequence of conditional certification [under § 216 ] is the sending of court-approved written notices to employees ... who in turn become parties to a collective action only by filing written consent with the court,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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