Jerry Gieg v. Ddr, Inc., an Oregon Corporation, Dba Courtesy Ford, and Woody Howarth, Joseph C. Wickersham v. Haselwood Buick-Pontiac Co. v. Martin Chaloupka, Lisa Bennett, Bradley Hayes, and John Inselman v. Slt/tag, Inc., an Oregon Corporation, Fka Thomason Auto Group, Inc. And Asbury Automotive Oregon, LLC

407 F.3d 1038 Jerry GIEG, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DDR, INC., an Oregon corporation, dba Courtesy Ford, and Woody Howarth, Defendants-Appellants. Joseph C. Wickersham, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Haselwood Buick-Pontiac Co., Defendant-Appellant. v. Martin Chaloupka, Lisa Bennett, Bradley Hayes, and John Inselman, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. SLT/TAG, Inc., an Oregon corporation, fka Thomason Auto Group, Inc. and Asbury Automotive Oregon, LLC, Defendants-Appellants. No. 03-35619. No. 03-35707. No. 03-36009. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted November 4, 2004. Filed May 18, 2005. 1 COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Timothy R. Volpert, Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP, Portland, OR, for defendants-appellants DDR, Inc., et al. and SLT/ TAG, Inc., etc. 2 Jacqueline L. Koch, Koch & Deering, Portland, OR, for plaintiff-appellee Jerry Gieg. 3 Ford F. Newman, U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae the Secretary of Labor. 4 Felicia R. Reid, Curiale Dellaverson Hirschfeld Kraemer & Sloan, LLP, San Francisco, CA, for amici curiae the National Automobile Dealers Association; National Federation of Independent Business Legal Foundation; National…