Legal Opinion
Pignataro v. Port Auth. of New York and New Jersey
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided January 27, 2010No. 08-3605, 08-3825PublishedCited by 182 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
RENDELL, Circuit Judge.
In this appeal the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (the “Port Authority”) challenges the District Court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Michael Pignataro and Thompson Chase. The District Court held that helicopter pilots are not exempt as “professional” employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), 29 U.S.C. § 207(a)(1), and therefore are entitled to mandatory time- and-a-half overtime compensation. It awarded Pignataro and Chase two years of damages, rather than three, because it concluded that the Port Authority’s FLSA…
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