Seven police officers and other unnamed plaintiffs (“Plaintiffs�) currently or formerly employed by the Woodbury County Sheriff’s Department (the “Sheriff’s Department�) filed suit against Woodbury County (the “County�) for its alleged failure to pay overtime compensation in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA�), 29 U.S.C. §§ 201–19. A jury returned a verdict i

Plaintiff sued Defendant on a wage and hour theory claiming that Defendant wrongfully failed to pay overtime wages to them in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

Defendant claimed that Plaintiffs were not entitled to overtime under FLSA.

¶1 Robert Howell and Pete Hodap bring separate appeals related to a civil suit alleging multiple constitutional and tort violations arising out of the execution of a search warrant. Patti Howell and Randy Johnson submit cross-appeals. For the following reasons and those set forth in the simultaneously filed memorandum decision,1 we affirm in part and reverse in part.

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This class action appeal arises from a finding of no liability under the Illinois Minimum Wage Law (820 ILCS 105/1 et seq. (West 2000)) for the defendant, Tellabs, Inc., after a bifurcated trial. Judge Billik ruled that Tellabs's policy of imposing unpaid days off following or preceding paid holidays to cope with difficult economic conditions satisfied the "salary basis test" because the days off

State and local governments are entitled to offer compensatory time off in lieu of overtime pay, if employees agree to this procedure. 29 U.S.C. §207(o). See Christensen v. Harris County, 529 U.S. 576 (2000). With the assent of the police officers’ union, Chicago has implemented a comp-time program. In this suit, some of the officers who have accumulated credits under the program contend that C

This interlocutory appeal requires us to determine whether defendant-appellant Andrea Cabral, the duly elected Sheriff of Suffolk County, Massachusetts, is entitled to qualified immunity in connection with her decision to strip several jail officers of their commissions as deputy sheriffs, allegedly in retaliation for their support of her opponent during the 2004 election cycle. The district court

This appeal is about the power of a district court to supervise the work of the lawyers who practice before it. Christine Sahyers (Plaintiff) appeals a district court order denying her request for attorney’s fees and costs in her lawsuit under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 201–19. We affirm the order. Background

Plaintiff worked as a paralegal at the law firm Prugh

This appeal principally involves the relationship between two labor statutes—the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and a 1996 statute related to compensation for postal inspectors, 39 U.S.C. § 1003(c). Robert Nigg, a postal inspector1 currently employed by the United States Postal Service (“the Postal Service�) and Keith Lewis, a retired postal inspector, sued the Postal Service alleging tha

An opt-in class of 1,424 store managers, in a collective action certified by the district court, sued Family Dollar Stores, Inc. (“Family Dollar�) for unpaid overtime wages under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA�), 29 U.S.C. §§ 201- 219. During an eight-day trial, the Plaintiffs used Family Dollar’s payroll records to establish that 1,424 store managers routinely worked 60 to 70 hou

Barbeque Ventures, LLC, Barbeque Ventures of Nebraska, LLC, and Old Market Ventures, LLC (“the employers�) appeal from a summary judgment for the Secretary of Labor pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 207, 215(a)(2). The district court1 ordered the employers to pay overtime compensation, liquidated damages and post-judgment interest, while denying injunctive relief. The so

At issue is whether the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (“SEPTA�) is entitled to sovereign immunity under the Eleventh Amendment. In 1991, we determined SEPTA was not an arm of the state. Bolden v. SEPTA, 953 F.2d 807 (3d Cir. 1991) (en banc), cert. denied, 504 U.S. 943 (1992). Now SEPTA contends that subsequent changes in Eleventh Amendment jurisprudence and in SEPTA’s st

Oracle Corporation (“Oracle�), a large software company, has employed hundreds of workers to train Oracle customers in the use of its software. During the period relevant to this suit, Oracle classified these workers as teachers who were not entitled to compensation for overtime work under either federal or California law. Three nonresidents of California brought a would-be class action agains

Plaintiff-appellant Linda Havey (“Havey�), who was formerly employed as a mortgage underwriter by defendant-appellee Homebound Mortgage (“Homebound�), brought this action claiming that Homebound and its officers failed to pay her overtime compensation as required by the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA� or “the Act�), 29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq. Defendants responded that Havey was empl

From approximately July 2000 to September 2005, Ismael Perdomo performed work for Ask 4 Realty & Management, Inc., Real Estate Depot, Inc., and Alan Klasfeld (collectively, the “Defendants�). Perdomo sued the Defendants seeking overtime wages for the period of July 2000 to December 31, 2004, and wages for the work performed in 2005. Perdomo’s claim is based upon the Fair Labor Standards Act

Ireane Kellogg sued her former employer, Oilind Safety, under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. § 12112 et. seq., and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq. She claimed that Oilind (1) discriminated against her in violation of the ADA by firing her after she was diagnosed with epilepsy, and (2) denied her overtime payments to which she was entitled under

Although the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA�) generally requires an employer to pay its employees at a rate of one and one-half times their regular rate of pay for any time worked in excess of forty hours in a given workweek, it exempts from this requirement “executive, administrative or professional� employees. At issue here is whether full-time pharmacists working for Wal-Mart Stores, I

After serving a prison sentence, the plaintiff was civilly committed to a secure treatment facility—the Wisconsin Resource Center—as a sexually violent person. Wis. Stat. § 980.06. He has brought this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against various state officials, claiming that they violated his federal rights by reducing his pay for the work he performs at the Center.

The district judge

Antoinette Pirant sued her former employer, the United States Postal Service, for an alleged violation of the Family Medical Leave Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 2601-2654 (“FMLA�), but her suit failed on the threshold question of her eligibility for FMLA leave. She appeals, contending there were triable issues of fact regarding her FMLA eligibility—specifically, a factual dispute over whether she had

In this opinion, we resolve whether the district court erred in precluding the admission of evidence regarding damages as a sanction under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure (Rule) 37 for failure to disclose damage calculations under Rule 26(a). We conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion and affirm on this issue. The remaining issues in this case are resolved in a contemporaneou

Defendants-appellants Tyson Foods, Inc. and Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc. (collectively, “Tyson�) appeal from the district court’s interlocutory order denying their motion for partial summary judgment. We ordered the parties to submit briefs addressing whether this appeal should be dismissed on the ground that the order appealed from was not final. Tyson argues that we have jurisdiction over the a

Plaintiff-Appellant Vivian Brown brought an action against her former employer, Family Dollar Stores of Indiana, LP (“Family Dollar�), alleging that Family Dollar failed to pay in a timely manner overtime wages due her in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act, (“FLSA�), 29 U.S.C. 201 et seq., the Indiana Wage Payment Statute, Ind. Code § 22-2-5-1 et seq., and the Indiana Wage Claim St

Plaintiff-appellant James McGrath sued his former employer, Central Masonry Corporation (Central), for failure to pay overtime compensation in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. § 207 (FLSA), and also asserted a claim under the Colorado Wage Claim Act, C.R.S. §§ 8-4-101 through 8-4-123, for Central's failure to pay him the balance of a bonus upon his separation from employme

The Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) mandates that certain employers provide employees suffering from a serious medical condition up to twelve weeks of unpaid leave per year. See 29 U.S.C. § 2612(a)(1)(D). Employees, however, have several duties concomitant to this right. For instance, an employer may require an employee submit medical certification documenting his medical condition before the

This appeal requires us to analyze the relation between section 301(a) of the Labor Management Relations Act (Taft-Hartley), 29 U.S.C. § 185, which authorizes federal suits to enforce collective bargaining agreements, and the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 201 et seq., the federal minimum-wage and maximumhour law. The plaintiffs represent a class (an "opt-in" class under 29 U.S.C. §

ABB, Inc. ("ABB") appeals the district court's partial grant of summary judgment in favor of Cynthia Howser. ABB also appeals from the district court's order awarding attorneys' fees and costs to Howser. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

Cynthia Howser is an hourly employee at ABB's plant in Jefferson City, Missouri. She has received extensive medical treatment