Legal Opinion
Robbie Evans v. Professional Transportation
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 8, 2015No. 14-6132UnpublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
COLE, Chief Judge.
Plaintiffs-Appellants Robbie Evans and George Booth appeal the district court’s grant of summary judgment on their claim brought under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), 29 U.S.C. § 215(a)(3). Evans and Booth allege that Professional Transportation, Inc. (“PTI”), terminated them in retaliation for joining a lawsuit against the company. The district court concluded that Evans and Booth failed to establish a prima facie case of retaliation because they were unable to show that the supervisor who terminated them had knowledge of their engagement in a protected…
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