Legal Opinion
Spires v. Ben Hill County
District Court, M.D. Georgia
Decided August 10, 1990No. Civ. 88-241-1-MAC(DF), 88-283-1-MAC(DF), 88-350-2-MAC(DF) and 89-161-2-MAC(DF)PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FITZPATRICK, District Judge.
Plaintiffs Fred Spires, Jr., Ray L. Mercer, David Alan Sanders, and Suzy Stoner Mercer bring this action under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, 29 U.S.C. §§ 201 et seq. (hereinafter “FLSA”), against Ben Hill County and the other named defendants. The plaintiffs seek to recover minimum wage and overtime compensation, liquidated damages, reasonable attorney’s fees and the costs of this action. The court granted defendants’ motion for consolidation of these actions on September 21, 1989. The consolidated cases were tried before the court sitting…
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3Cited by19 opinions
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