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KeHE Distributors, LLC v. Killion

Certiorari Denied

Petition for certiorari denied on April 6, 2015.

Docket No.14-959
Op. Below6th Cir.

Issue

(1) Whether an employee's right to join a collective action under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is waivable (as the Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Eighth, Ninth, and Eleventh Circuits have held) or non-waivable (as the Sixth Circuit held here); and (2) whether employees make "sales" within the meaning of the FLSA when they work entirely on commission based on orders that they "write and transmit" to replenish a customer's inventory, but do not singlehandedly cause sales volume to increase.

Proceedings & orders timeline

Nov 21, 2014
Application (14A545) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 10, 2014 to February 6, 2015, submitted to Justice Kagan.
Nov 21, 2014
Application (14A545) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until February 6, 2015.
Feb 6, 2015
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 11, 2015)
Feb 27, 2015
Brief of respondents Thomas E. Killion, et al. in opposition filed.
Mar 17, 2015
Reply of petitioner KeHE Distributors, LLC filed.
Mar 18, 2015
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 3, 2015.
Apr 6, 2015
Petition DENIED.

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