Employees of the Department of Public Health & Welfare, State of Missouri v. Department of Public Health & Welfare, State of Missouri
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Stephenson, Circuit Judge, also filed a dissenting opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
*822VAN OOSTERHOUT, Senior Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs, named employees of various Missouri State institutions, brought this class action under 29 U.S.C.A. § 216(b) 1 to recover unpaid overtime compensation due them under the Fair Labor- Standards Act as amended, 29 U.S.C.A. § 201 et seq. They also seek an equal amount as liquidated damages and ask for attorney’s fees, all of which is provided for by § 216(b).
Plaintiffs are named employees of five mental hospitals and a cancer hospital operated by the State of Missouri, and employees of the state training schools for girls operated under the…
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