Legal Opinion

Terry A. Batt, Mark S. Ferus and Russell Cannizzo v. Micro Warehouse, Incorporated

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided February 28, 2001No. 99-4346PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

Terry Batt, Mark Ferus and Russell Cannizzo, prevailing plaintiffs in a Fair Labor Standards Act (“the FLSA” or “the Act”) action, bring, this appeal to challenge the amount of attorneys’ fees awarded by the district court under the Act. For the reasons set forth in the following opinion, we affirm the judgment of the district court.

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BACKGROUND

Mr. Batt brought this FLSA action seeking liquidated damages for Micro Warehouse’s failure to pay him overtime during his employment. Mr. Ferus and Mr. Cannizzo later joined the action. Micro Warehouse made an offer of judgment to…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Hensley v. EckerhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. Kenneth Spegon v. The Catholic Bishop of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1999
  3. Steven A. Kurowski and David H. Nicholls v. James J. Krajewski, Individually and in His Capacity as Judge of the Lake County Court, Division IIICourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
  4. People Who Care v. Rockford Board Of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1996
  5. Bankston v. IllinoisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995

3Cited by29 opinions

  1. Pickett v. Sheridan Health Care CenterCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2011
  2. Robert Johnson v. G.D.F., IncorporaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2012
  3. Kimberly Small v. Richard Wolf Medical Instruments Corp.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2001
  4. Gibson v. City of ChicagoDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 2012
  5. Tho Dinh Tran v. DINH TROUNG TRANDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2001

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