Firestone v. Southern California Gas Co.

281 F.3d 801 Samuel FIRESTONE; Calvin Miyashiro; Jack Putnam; Brian Frazen, individually and on behalf of all other present and former employees similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee. No. 98-56468. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted October 4, 1999. Opinion Filed July 19, 2000. Opinion on Denial of Rehearing Filed February 12, 2002. Robert A. Cantore, Gilbert & Sackman, Los Angeles, California, for the plaintiffs-appellants. David B. Reeves, Los Angeles, California, for the defendant-appellee. William A. Reich, Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, Ventura, California, for the amicus curiae. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Richard A. Paez, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-97-06692-RAP(Ex). Before: SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, BEEZER, and GRABER, Circuit Judges. SCHROEDER, Chief Judge. 1 The plaintiffs have filed a Petition for Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc contending that our court's intervening en banc decision in Cramer v. Consolidated Freightways, Inc., 255 F.3d 683 (9th Cir.2001) (en banc), cert. denied, ___…