Legal Opinion
Adams v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided November 25, 2003No. 02-5076PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MICHEL, Circuit Judge.
This suit was brought by certain present and former United States Border Patrol agents, alleging that the government wrongly and willfully failed to pay the plaintiffs overtime wages at a time-and-a-half rate as required by the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), 29 U.S.C. § 207(a). The government conceded that the plaintiffs had not been paid for overtime, but contended that all of the various positions held by plaintiffs fell within the “executive exemption” to the FLSA’s overtime-pay requirements. See 29 U.S.C. § 213(a)(1) (1994)1 (providing that FLSA’s overtime-pay…
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- Library of Congress v. ShawSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Newell Companies, Inc. v. Kenney Manufacturing Company, Defendant/cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1989
- Glendale Federal Bank, Fsb, Plaintiff-Cross v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2001
- United States Postal Service v. GregorySupreme Court of the United States · 2001
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Bull v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2007
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- Moreno v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2008
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