Rusk v. Whitmire

*690OPINION

Respondent was employed as a deputy sheriff by the sheriff’s office of Washoe County, Nevada, on April 12, 1971, and resigned from that position on November 30, 1972. It was stipulated that during that period of time he worked 357 hours of overtime for which he had not received compensatory time off.

At the time of respondent’s resignation neither the statutes of Nevada, the ordinances of Washoe County, nor the rules of the sheriff’s office contained any provision for payment of compensation to deputy sheriffs of that county for hours worked in excess of those prescribed.

There was no…