Legal Opinion
Cotter v. Desert Palace, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 28, 1989No. 88-15084PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FARRIS, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs appeal from an order denying their motion for a preliminary injunction. We affirm.
BACKGROUND
The plaintiffs are professional dice dealers at Caesar’s Palace Casino in Las Vegas. The dealers work in crews of four, with each crew assigned to one dice table per shift. They are paid hourly wages by the casino and receive customer tips, or “tokes.”
Prior to March 1, 1988, there was a longstanding practice at Caesar’s of distributing tips on a “crew for crew” basis. At the end of each shift, the four dealers assigned to a given table would pool their tips and divide…
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