Ludlow
Ludlow v. Flowers Foods, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DANIEL LUDLOW, individually and on Case No.: 18cv1190-JO-JLB behalf of others similarly situated; and 12 WILLIAM LANCASTER, individually ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS’ and on behalf of others similarly situated, MOTION TO COMPEL
ARBITRATION AS TO EIGHTEEN
Plaintiffs,
OPT-IN PLAINTIFFS
v. FLOWERS FOODS, INC., a Georgia corporation; FLOWERS BAKERIES, 17 LLC, a Georgia limited liability company; and FLOWERS FINANCE, LLC, a limited liability company, 19 Defendants. 20 21 Plaintiffs bring a wage and hour class action asserting a collective claim under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) and class action claims under California law. Dkt. 56 (FAC). Defendants Flowers Foods, Inc. (“Flowers Foods”), Flowers Bakeries, LLC (“Flowers Bakeries”), and Flowers Finance, LLC (“Flowers Finance”) (collectively,
1 While the FLSA and Federal Rule 23 are both mechanisms for group resolution, they require different procedures such as the need for a plaintiff to…