Legal Opinion
Dalheim v. KDFW-TV
District Court, N.D. Texas
Decided November 16, 1988No. Civ. A. CA3-85-0894-DPublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
FITZWATER, District Judge.
This wage and hour action presents questions of first impression. It requires the court to determine whether general assignment reporters, producers, directors, and assignment editors at a network affiliate television station are entitled to overtime compensation pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, 29 U.S.C. § 207 et seq. (“FLSA”), or whether they are exempt as professional, administrative, or executive employees. Following a bench trial, the court finds and concludes 1 that the plaintiffs are entitled to overtime…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Skidmore v. Swift & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- McLaughlin v. Richland Shoe Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Corning Glass Works v. BrennanSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Arnold v. Ben Kanowsky, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Mabee v. White Plains Publishing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Edward W. Dalheim v. Kdfw-TvCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
- Reich v. Newspapers of New England, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1995
- Nordquist v. McGraw-Hill Broadcasting Co.California Court of Appeal · 1995
- Turner v. Human Genome Sciences, Inc.District Court, D. Maryland · 2003
- Valcho v. Dallas County Hospital DistrictDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · 2009
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