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Roark v. Nat'l Park Motors, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS HOT SPRINGS DIVISION
Jan 11, 2019
No. 6:17-CV-06131 (W.D. Ark. Jan. 11, 2019)

Summary

discussing how although it "would be inclined to reduce the [$5,190 in requested] attorneys' fees to a reasonable amount—likely in the hundreds of dollars," it would not do so given the Eighth Circuit's command to be "more deferential" when approving stipulated-to attorney's fees in a FLSA collective action settlement than when approving attorney's fees in a disputed case

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Opinion

No. 6:17-CV-06131

01-11-2019

CANDIE ROARK, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated PLAINTIFF v. NATIONAL PARK MOTORS, INC., et al. DEFENDANTS


JUDGMENT

Pursuant to the opinion and order entered in this case on this date, this matter is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.

IT IS SO ADJUDGED this 11th day of January, 2019.

/s/_________

P.K. HOLMES, III

CHIEF U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE


Summaries of

Roark v. Nat'l Park Motors, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS HOT SPRINGS DIVISION
Jan 11, 2019
No. 6:17-CV-06131 (W.D. Ark. Jan. 11, 2019)

discussing how although it "would be inclined to reduce the [$5,190 in requested] attorneys' fees to a reasonable amount—likely in the hundreds of dollars," it would not do so given the Eighth Circuit's command to be "more deferential" when approving stipulated-to attorney's fees in a FLSA collective action settlement than when approving attorney's fees in a disputed case

Summary of this case from Johnson v. Thomson Reuters
Case details for

Roark v. Nat'l Park Motors, Inc.

Case Details

Full title:CANDIE ROARK, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated…

Court:UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS HOT SPRINGS DIVISION

Date published: Jan 11, 2019

Citations

No. 6:17-CV-06131 (W.D. Ark. Jan. 11, 2019)

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