Fowler Packing Co. v. Lanier’s Empirical Analysis
844 F.3d 809 · 2016
Citation profile
4 state decisions
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Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291
Relies on Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly · Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman · Federal Communications Commission v. Beach Communications, Inc. · Flemming v. Nestor · Nixon v. Administrator of General Services
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“[t]o protect California businesses from unforeseen liability arising from Gonzalez and Bluford , ... AB 1513 also created a 'safe harbor' that provided employers with an affirmative defense against claims alleging failure to pay previously for nonproductive work time”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“if that is the only justification for the carve-outs, that justification alone does not survive constitutional scrutiny. [Fowler and Gerawan] have plausibly alleged that the cut-off dates in sections (g)(2) and (g)(5) were included in AB 1513 for only that illegitimate purpose. Each cut-off date corresponds, within a matter of weeks (or even a matter of days), to the corresponding filing dates of the cases against Fowler, Gerawan, and Delano [Farms Company, another agricultural company]. Accepting [Fowler and Gerawan's] allegations as true, as we must at this stage of the litigation, we can conceive of no other reason why the California legislature would choose to carve out these three employers other than to respond to the demands of a political constituent.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“makes Gerawan ineligible to assert the safe harbor as an affirmative defense in a class action suit filed against it by the General Counsel of the United Farm Workers of America (UFW) on February 3, 2014 ....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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