Legal Opinion
Adkins v. Mid-American Growers, Inc.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided May 2, 1997No. 88 C 980PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
COAR, District Judge.
This opinion follows a five-week bench trial in which decision was reserved pending written opinion. This is the written opinion addressing the merits of the case.
I. THEORIES OF THE CASE
Plaintiffs respond that they are entitled to “time and a half’ compensation for overtime worked at defendant’s greenhouse operation under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). During the two-year time period immediately preceding this lawsuit, plaintiffs received straight wages for overtime hours worked.1 Defendant claims that it is entitled to an…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- Skidmore v. Swift & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- United States v. American Trucking AssociationsSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Anderson v. Mt. Clemens Pottery Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Arnold v. Ben Kanowsky, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
- A. H. Phillips, Inc. v. WallingSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Harold Adkins v. Mid-American Growers, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1999