Legal Opinion
Dade County, Florida v. Alvarez
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided October 16, 1997No. 96-4470PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KRAVITCH, Senior Circuit Judge:
Several current and former members of the Metro-Dade Police Department’s Special Response Team (“SRT”) brought this action against Dade County (the “County”) under the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq. (“FLSA” or the “Act”), to recover overtime pay for off-duty hours spent performing physical fitness training. After a jury verdict in their favor, the district court entered judgment for the SRT officers. Because we conclude that physical training conducted off duty by SRT officers in order to maintain physical fitness standards mandated by their…
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