Pete Ryan, et al., Intervenor Plaintiffs, v. FLOWERS FOODS INC LLC LLC LLC LLC LLC (2021)

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Daniel MARTINS, individually and on behalf of others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellee, Pete Ryan, et al., Intervenor Plaintiffs, v. FLOWERS FOODS, INC., Flowers Baking Co. of Bradenton, LLC, Flowers Baking Co. of Villa Rica, LLC, Flowers Baking Co. of Miami, LLC, Flowers Baking Co. of Jacksonville, LLC, Flowers Baking Co. of Thomasville, LLC, Defendants-Appellants.

No. 20-11378

Decided: July 09, 2021

Before WILSON, NEWSOM and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.

Andrew R. Frisch, Chanelle Ventura, Morgan & Morgan, Plantation, FL, Adeash AJ Lakraj, Morgan & Morgan, PA, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellee. Traci L. Lovitt, Attorney, Jones Day, New York, NY, Nathan J. Allen, Kevin Patrick Hishta, Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, PC, Atlanta, GA, Christopher M. Cascino, Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, PC, Chicago, IL, Kevin Patrick Hishta, Calvin Garner Sanford, Jr., Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, PC, Atlanta, GA, Helen Anne Palladeno, Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, PC, Tampa, FL, Kevin Douglas Zwetsch, Cantrell Zwetsch, PA, Tampa, FL, for Defendant-Appellant Flowers Foods, Inc. Traci L. Lovitt, Attorney, Jones Day, New York, NY, Nathan J. Allen, Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, PC, Atlanta, GA, Margaret Santen Hanrahan, Benjamin R. Holland, Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, PC, Charlotte, NC, Kevin Patrick Hishta, Calvin Garner Sanford, Jr., Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, PC, Atlanta, GA, Helen Anne Palladeno, Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, PC, Tampa, FL, Kevin Douglas Zwetsch, Cantrell Zwetsch, PA, Tampa, FL, for Defendant-Appellant Flowers Baking Co. of Bradenton, LLC, Flowers Baking Co. of Villa Rica, LLC. Traci L. Lovitt, Attorney, Jones Day, New York, NY, Nathan J. Allen, Kevin Patrick Hishta, Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, PC, Atlanta, GA, Kevin Patrick Hishta, Calvin Garner Sanford, Jr., Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, PC, Atlanta, GA, for Defendants-Appellants Flowers Baking Co. of Miami, LLC, Flowers Baking Co. of Jacksonville, Flowers Baking Co. of Thomasville, LLC. Archis Ashok Parasharami, Mayer Brown, LLP, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America.

On June 22, 2021, this Court issued its opinion in Hamrick v. Partsfleet, LLC, et al, No. 19-13339, which held that the FAA's transportation-worker exemption applies only if the worker belongs to a class of workers in the transportation industry and the class of workers actually engages in foreign or interstate commerce. We hereby VACATE the district court's order on appeal and REMAND this matter for further consideration in light of Hamrick.

PER CURIAM:

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