Serge Haitayan v. 7-Eleven, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SERGE HAITAYAN, et al., CV 17-7454 DSF (ASx) Plaintiffs, CV 18-5465 DSF (ASx)

v. Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law After Court Trial 7-ELEVEN, INC, Defendant.

This matter was tried to the Court on March 23 and March 24, 2021. Having heard and reviewed the evidence and having considered the parties’ post-trial submissions, the Court makes the following findings of fact and conclusions of law.

I. FINDINGS OF FACT

A. 7-Eleven 7-Eleven is the world’s largest franchisor of retail convenience stores. Dkt.1 323 (Douglas Rosencrans Declaration in Lieu of Live Direct Testimony [Rosencrans Decl.]) ¶ 2. At the end of 2019, it had 8,084 7-Eleven stores operating in the United States, approximately 1,735 of which were franchises in California. Id. 7-Eleven runs a Store Support Center with hundreds of employees who work in human resources, merchandising, legal, marketing, operations, accounting, finance, franchising, logistics,

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