June 03, 2026
An Arizona federal judge sent out-of-state Cracker Barrel workers' wage claims to Massachusetts federal court, finding the claims should be transferred, not dismissed, after a Ninth Circuit ruling left the Arizona court without jurisdiction over them.
January 31, 2024
The Ninth Circuit will potentially deepen a circuit split regarding whether workers may join their colleagues' collective wage actions in forum states to which they have no personal connection, as an Arizona federal court certified an interlocutory appeal of a decision to certify a collective.
April 03, 2023
Servers claiming Cracker Barrel violated tip credit regulations can move forward as a collective, an Arizona federal judge ruled, while finding the suit can stand because some workers are not bound by the arbitration agreement they signed when they were minors.