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Parties Involved:
Casual Male Retail Group, Inc.
Defendant
Robin J. Tucker
Plaintiff

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[Proposed] Revised Order Re: Final Approval of 

Class Action Settlement and Final Judgment Thereon

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

ROBIN J. TUCKER, individually, and on 

behalf of all others similarly situated. 

 Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

CASUAL MALE RETAIL GROUP, INC., 

and DOES 1 through 100, inclusive, 

 Defendants. 

Case No. C 04-1841 SBA 

CLASS ACTION

 REVISED ORDER RE: FINAL 

APPROVAL OF CLASS ACTION 

SETTLEMENT AND FINAL JUDGMENT 

THEREON 

Date: February 7, 2006 

Time: 1:00 p.m. 

Judge: Hon. Saundra B. Armstrong 

This Court preliminarily approved the parties’ Stipulation of Class Action Settlement 

(“Stipulation”) in its Order dated November 1, 2005. (“Preliminary Approval Order”). In 

accordance with the Order, Class members have been given notice of the terms of the 

Stipulation and an opportunity to object to it or comment on it. Having reviewed and 

considered the proposed Stipulation, the papers filed by the parties supporting the Settlement 

and the papers submitted in support of the Preliminary Approval Order and the Motion for 

Final Approval, the Court hereby grants final approval of the Settlement. 

Further, in its Order dated November 1, 2005, the Court granted Casual Male Retail 

Group, Inc.’s request for declaratory judgment regarding its Incentive Compensation Plan for 

Store Managers, ruling that, under the Plan, Casual Male’s Store Managers are exempt from 

the FLSA’s and California’s overtime requirements pursuant to the Retail-Service exemption. 

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The declaratory judgment is incorporated by reference into this Final Approval Order. 

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

Representative Plaintiff Robin J. Tucker (“Representative Plaintiff”) has alleged in the 

above-captioned action that Defendant Casual Male improperly classified FLSA Class 

Members as overtime exempt and failed to pay overtime as required by the Fair Labor 

Standards Act and improperly classified California Class Members as overtime exempt and 

failed to pay overtime, failed to provide meal and rest breaks, and failed to keep accurate wage 

records in violation of the California Labor Code, the California Wage Orders and the 

California Business and Professions Code. Casual Male denies these claims and in no way 

admits or concedes that it has, in any manner, violated any of the foregoing laws. 

Plaintiff Robin J. Tucker has moved this Court for final approval of the Stipulation of 

Class Action Settlement. This Court, having fully received and considered Plaintiff’s Notice of 

Motion, Motion, Memorandum of Points and Authorities, Declarations in support of the 

motion, the Stipulation of Settlement, and the briefing preceding the Preliminary Approval 

Order, HEREBY ORDERS and MAKES DETERMINATIONS as follows: 

FINAL APPROVAL OF NOTICE PROGRAM

On November 15, 2005, the form of Notice approved by the Court was mailed to Class 

members via first class mail pursuant to the Court’s Preliminary Approval Order. The Notice 

informed Class members of the terms of the Settlement, their opportunity to file claims, to opt 

out of the Settlement, to file written objections, and/or to appear in person or by counsel at the 

Fairness Hearing. Adequate periods of time were provided for each of these procedures. 

The Court finds that these procedures afforded protections to Class members and 

provide the basis for the Court to make an informed decision on approval of the Settlement 

based on the responses of Class members. The Court finds that the Notice provided in this 

case was the best notice practicable, and satisfied the requirements of the Federal Rules of 

Civil Procedure and constitutional Due Process. 

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FINAL APPROVAL OF THE STIPULATION OF SETTLEMENT

The Court has reviewed the Stipulation of Class Action Settlement and finds that the 

Settlement amount is fair, reasonable and adequate, particularly when balanced against the 

probable outcome of further litigation relating to liability and damages issues. The Court 

further finds that extensive and costly investigation and research have been conducted such that 

counsel for the parties are able to reasonably evaluate their respective positions. The Court 

also finds that Settlement at this time will avoid additional substantial costs which have already 

been incurred by both parties, as well as avoid the delay and risks that would be presented by 

the further prosecution of the litigation. Moreover, the Court finds that the Settlement has been 

reached as the result of intensive, serious and non-collusive arms-length negotiations. 

Accordingly, the Court finally approves the Stipulation of Class Action Settlement 

between Plaintiff and Defendant as fair, reasonable and adequate and directs the parties and 

Claims Administrator to further cooperate to implement the terms of the Settlement 

Agreement. 

DECLARATORY JUDGMENT

Pursuant to the Declaratory Judgment Act, and based upon the Stipulation of Class 

Action Settlement (“Stipulation”) filed by the parties and the Court’s independent review of 

Casual Male’s Managers’ Incentive Compensation Plan (as referenced in Section XI of the 

Stipulation and attached as Exhibit 5 to the Stipulation), on November 1, 2005, the Court 

ORDERED, ADJUDGED, DECREED AND DECLARED THAT: 

Under Casual Male’s Store Manager Incentive Compensation Plan, Casual Male Store 

Managers are exempt from the FLSA’s and California’s overtime requirements pursuant to the 

Retail-Service exemption. 29 U.S.C. § 207(i); IWC Wage Order No. 7-80, § 3(C). 

DISMISSAL AND RELEASE

In accordance with the terms of the Stipulation of Class Action Settlement, this action 

shall be dismissed on the merits and with prejudice. The Stipulation provides that: 

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Each SETTLEMENT CLASS MEMBER (of the California Class and the 

FLSA Class) shall be deemed to have released CM and its parent entities, 

subsidiaries, affiliates, and joint ventures, and each of their respective present 

and former officers, directors, controlling stockholders, agents, employees, 

insurers, co-insurers, reinsurers, attorneys, accountants, auditors, advisors, 

representatives, pension and welfare benefit plans, plan fiduciaries, 

administrators, trustees, general and limited partners, predecessors, 

successors, and assigns from all other causes, claims, actions, suits or 

demands, whether under law or in equity, under each and every COVERED 

CLAIM that was asserted or that could have been asserted in the Amended 

Complaint relating to the SETTLEMENT CLASS MEMBERS’ exempt 

classification. These released Claims specifically include any and all Claims, 

actions or causes of action for overtime wages and meal and rest periods and 

penalties or damages related thereto under state and federal law, including the 

California Labor Code and the Fair Labor Standards Act, record keeping 

violations and violations for filing to provide semi-monthly itemized 

statements under state and federal law, waiting time penalties pursuant to 

California Labor Code section 203 and federal law, unfair business practices 

pursuant to California Business and Professions Code section 17200, et seq., 

statutory or common law rights to attorney’s fees and costs, including those 

pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act and California Labor Code section 

1194, et seq., violation or breach of any other state or federal statute, rule 

and/or regulation, and similar causes of action, including but not limited to 

any claim for punitive and/or exemplary damages, based on, arising from, or 

relating to overtime wages, meal periods and/or rest breaks as CM employees 

during or before the claim period. 

Without affecting the finality of this Final Order and Judgment, the Court reserves 

continuing and exclusive jurisdiction over parties to the Stipulation of Class Action Settlement, 

including Casual Male and Class Members, to administer, supervise, construe and enforce the 

Settlement Agreement in accordance with its terms for the mutual benefit of the parties. The 

Court also retains jurisdiction over Class Counsel’s request for attorneys’ fees and costs and 

the Class Representative’s enhancement award. The parties agree that a United States District 

Court Magistrate Judge will be empowered to resolve any disputes which may arise between 

the parties pertaining to this Settlement. The Court, in the interests of justice, expressly 

directs the Clerk of the Court to enter this Final Order and Judgment, and hereby 

decrees that, upon entry, it be deemed a final judgment. The Court further directs the 

clerk to enter dismissal of this action ten days following entry of this Order and 

Judgment. 

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AWARD OF ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND COSTS, ENHANCEMENT AWARD 

AND CLAIMS ADMINISTRATION FEES

Good cause appearing, the Court hereby awards attorneys’ fees of $287,500, plus costs 

in the amount of $14,101.01 to Class Counsel. The Court also approves and awards an 

enhancement payment of $10,000 to the Class Representative and costs of administration of 

$35,469 to Rust Consulting, Inc. Such awards shall be paid from the $1,000,000 Settlement 

fund created on behalf of the California Class and shall be paid in accordance with the terms of 

the Stipulation of Settlement. 

IT IS SO ORDERED, this 8th day of March, 2006. 

Honorable Saundra B. Armstrong 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

80832371.1 

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