17-0546-cv Kevin Flood, et al. v. Just Energy Marketing Group, et al.
United States Court of Appeals FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT ______________
August Term, 2017
(Argued: February 20, 2018 Decided: September 19, 2018)
Docket No. 17‐0546‐cv ______________
KEVIN FLOOD, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, ABIGAIL WILTZ, YALONTYA SIMMONS, WILLIAM PROCTOR, VICTOR GREEN, AKIL MATAS, ANDREW GUGINO, ANDREW WILLIAMS, BERNARD BECKER, BRENDAN OʹMALLEY, CHEDELINE DECIUS, CHERYL ROOT, CHRISTOPHER STRINGHAM, AESHA JOHNSON, ALIBIN DRAYTON, CONRAD CAMPBELL, BRYAN POPPENGER, DARYL POST, DAVID SAROFF, MICHAEL A. JOHNSON, CHRISTINE BURNS, DONETTE KINGSTON, DWIGHT FORBES, FANTASIA CLARK, CHUNSEY BRAMLETT, FLOYD MAYO, HEIDI MINER, HOWARD HEARD, JR., JACOB OYEBAMIJI, JAMES BAKER, III, JAMES FRALIX, JASON DARDEN, JASON RUSSELL, JAYMIE CARPENTER, JEAN PHANOR, JERMAIN ALBERGA, JORDAN MITCHELL, JOSEPH DANIAL, JOSEPH BOBB, JR., JOSEPH FIATO, JUSTIN NUNEZ, KARIN CALHOUN, KENNETH HOFFMAN, LUKE BIGGINS, MARI‐LOUISE MERKWA, MARY JO CARROLL, MICHAEL SLISH, MILANDRO GENCIANA, NATHAN ADAMS, NEIL TELESFORD, NICHOLAS BARBATO, OMAR NIASSE, PRINTA DORROUGH, ROBERT DEPROSPERO, ROXANNE KNOX, RUNEY MAH, RYAN MCMANUS, SASIYA DAVIS, SHANE MENNIG, SUE PROM, TAMARAH TEAGUE, TAVARAS RICHARDSON, THERESA BREX, TOCHUKWU EZEAGWUNA, TOMMY HAYWOOD, COREY BREWER, EDWIN M. RIVERA, JR., HUSEIN ROBINSON, JENERY GONZALEZ, TYSTFYR BUTLER, ADRIAN MAPP, AKILAH CHANDER, ALBERTINA WINSTEAD, ANTHONY THOMPSON, BERNARD ULEANO, BRIAN MAHON, BRYAN K. SMITH, JR., CARLOS DE LOS SANTOS, CARLOS HODGSON, CARRIE ANN KUST, CHAD SIMMONS, CHRISTINE JONES, DANAY WALKER, DANZALE ELSTON, DARYL GILLIAM, DAVID PRAGEL, DAVON BATES, DEMETRIE BROWN, DORCAS ROSA, GAIUS DIPIGNEY, GARRICK AVERA, GERARD JEFFERSON, GINA DIFILIPPI, GREGORY BRAINARD, GREGORY MATURANO, GREGORY MITCHELL, HORACE FRANCIS, JESSYCA BERROA, JOHNNY OLIVER, JONATHAN EBERLEIN, JONATHAN ROSS, JORDAN URBANSKI, KEITH MACDONALD, KENNETH JOHNSON, KHALID HAMIDEH, LAʹTRICE T. PURDIE, MARCELL ECCLES, MARISOL TAVARES, MARTIN ENDERS, MATTHEW MORALES, MICHAEL PIERRE, MILTON FLOOD, NASIBA BAIMATOWA, NORMAN JOHNSON, OSKAR RODRIGUEZ, PATRICK RUDA, RAHEEM REDDICK, RAYMOND BROWN, ROCIO VELAZQUEZ, RUSSELL MARTINA, TERRANCE HARDY, TYMONT PATTON, WILLIAM PORTER, BRABIM HAMAL, BYRON RESPRESS, DARIUS FORREST, ELIZABETH MARIE TERRY, INGRID COTTERELL INGRAM, JARIEMELLE RIVERA, ALEX MOTHERSELL, ALEXANDER CAIELLO, BRANDON MEANS, DAYQUAN JOHNSON, JAION HYMAN, JENNIFER ZELASKI, ROBERTO FLORES, TRUDY NUNAN HOBAICHAN, VICTORIA GREEN, AHMAD AMIN, ASHLEY WOLFE, CORTEZ CROSS, CRYSTAL WHITE, DAQUAN FOSTER, DEMETRIUS HARVIN, DENISE LENNON, EMMANUELLA PIERRE‐TOUSSAINT, JOHN KORNICHAK, JOHN MONAHAN, JUAN LOPEZ, KHALDWN EL‐FARES, KRISHA PRUNIER, LISA CHIN, LUCINDA KAPTUR, MICHAEL KIRCHMYER, MONTEʹWELL GODLEY, NATHANIEL BRAY, SHERMAN WALKER, STEPHEN MARCONI, TAMEA DIXON, TIENTCHEU LAMBERT, WAYLON STEWART, AHMAD DAVIS, CHANTALE DURAND, DILAN MICHAEL BOND, MARGARET OFIKWU, RONALD WILLIAM, DANTE GUTIERREZ, GARY SCHUELER, JOSHUA VINCENT, SCOTT WILLIAMS,
Plaintiffs‐Appellants,
-v.-
JUST ENERGY MARKETING CORP., JUST ENERGY NEW YORK CORP., JUST ENERGY GROUP INC., Defendants‐Appellees. ______________
B e f o r e :
KEARSE, LIVINGSTON, Circuit Judges, and MEYER, District Judge.*
Plaintiff‐appellant Kevin Flood, on behalf of himself and those similarly situated to him, appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Forrest, J.), granting summary judgment to defendants‐appellees Just Energy Marketing Corp., Just Energy New York Corp., and Just Energy Group, Inc. ("Just Energy") on plaintiff's minimum wage and overtime claims brought under the Fair Labor