Legal Opinion
Trudy WALTON, Et Al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. UNITED CONSUMERS CLUB, INCORPORATED, Defendant-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 7, 1986No. 84-2616, 85-2011PublishedCited by 286 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
The United Consumers Club sells both memberships and merchandise. Those who purchase memberships then may buy the merchandise. The plaintiffs are six former sellers of memberships at United’s store in Logansport, Indiana. According to plaintiffs’ testimony, which the district court believed, most worked until 11:00 p.m. five or six days a week, plus occasional Sundays. United did not pay extra for this overtime work but instead treated the plaintiffs as independent contractors whose earnings depended on their sales. The district court held that the Fair Labor…
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