Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Luzik
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided January 14, 2000No. Record 982635PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Koontz
In this appeal, we consider whether the Commonwealth has waived its right to assert the bar of sovereign immunity to a suit by state employees in state court for back overtime wages under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. § 201, et seq.
BACKGROUND
On June 25, 1992, Douglas W. Luzik and fifteen other juvenile probation officers (the complainants), who work in various Court Service Units for the Virginia Department of Youth and Family Services (the Department), 1 filed a bill of complaint against the Commonwealth alleging a violation of the FLSA. The complainants asserted…
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