Legal Opinion
Chao v. North Carolina Growers Ass'n
District Court, W.D. North Carolina
Decided September 4, 2003No. 1:99-cr-00007PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
VOORHEES, District Judge.
THIS MATTER is before the Court upon the parties’ cross-motions for summary judgment. The critical issue in this case of first impression is whether Defendants’ employees are “employed in agriculture” such that Defendants are exempt from paying overtime wages pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act (hereinafter “FLSA” or “the Act”), 29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq. 1
I. STANDARD OF REVIEW
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56(c) states that summary judgment may be granted where “the pleadings, depositions, answers to interrogatories, and admissions on file, together with…
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