Legal Opinion
Kimberly Small v. Richard Wolf Medical Instruments Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 29, 2001No. 00-4339PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANION, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs Kimberly Small, Yvonne Schlotzer, and Ursula Lentz, all former employees of Richard Wolf Medical Instruments Corp. (“Wolf’), brought this suit alleging that Wolf failed to pay them overtime in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), 29 U.S.C. § 207. After the parties reached a consent judgment on the issue of back wages, the plaintiffs filed a petition seeking $54,940.87 in attorney’s fees and costs. The court found both the hourly rate and the number of hours claimed excessive and instead awarded $24,288.37. Plaintiffs appeal, claiming that the…
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