Scott v. Antero Resources Corp.

Appellate Case: 21-1188 Document: 010110835329 Date Filed: 03/30/2023 Page: 1

FILED United States Court of Appeals UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS Tenth Circuit

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT March 30, 2023

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Christopher M. Wolpert

Clerk of Court VINCENT SCOTT, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated,

Plaintiff - Appellant, v. No. 21-1188

(D.C. No. 1:17-CV-00693-WJM-SKC) ANTERO RESOURCES CORP., (D. Colo.)

Defendant - Appellee.

_________________________________ ORDER AND JUDGMENT* _________________________________

Before MATHESON, PHILLIPS, and EID, Circuit Judges.

_________________________________ Plaintiff-Appellant Vincent Scott appealed the district court’s order granting summary judgment to Defendant-Appellee Antero Resources Corp. on his overtime claim under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The district court’s summary judgment order concluded that Mr. Scott was paid on a “salary basis” under 29 C.F.R. § 541.602(a), was therefore a “bona fide executive,” and was not entitled to overtime. App., Vol. 18 at 4721-22. We abated this appeal pending the Supreme Court’s decision in Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc., et al., v. Michael J. Hewitt, 143 S. Ct. 677 (2023). On February 22, 2023, the Court held that an employee whose Appellate Case: 21-1188 Document: 010110835329 Date Filed: 03/30/2023 Page: 2 pay “is [] a function of how many days he has labored” is not paid on a “salary basis.” Id. at 686; see id. at 682, 692. We asked for supplemental briefing in light of Helix. In their supplemental briefs, the parties agree the district court’s summary judgment order cannot stand under Helix. We therefore REVERSE and VACATE the district court’s order granting summary judgment in favor of Antero Resources and REMAND for further proceedings consistent with Helix.

Entered for the Court Per Curiam