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Andrea Hirst, et al. v. SkyWest, Inc., et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, No. 17-3643, 17-3660 · judgment December 12, 2018
Certiorari denied · June 24, 2019
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Must an employee protected by the Fair Labor Standards Act always allege wage violations averaged across a specific seven-day workweek, or may an employee plead a cause of action with alternative context-specific allegations to meet the plausibility requirements of Rule 8 and Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662 (2009)?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Gregory F. Coleman
Greg Coleman Law P.C.
For respondent
Shay Dvoretzky
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Proceedings
- Jun 24 2019Petition DENIED.
- Jun 04 2019DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/20/2019.
- Jun 03 2019Reply of petitioners Andrea Hirst, et al. filed. (Distributed)
- May 21 2019Brief of respondents Skywest, Inc., et al. in opposition filed.
- May 10 2019Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 12, 2019)
- Apr 04 2019Application (18A1007) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until May 11, 2019.
- Apr 01 2019Application (18A1007) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from April 11, 2019 to May 11, 2019, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.