Dayton Haworth v. State of Nevada, Dayton Haworth v. State of Nevada

DAVID R. THOMPSON, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs-appellants are “cottage couples” employed by Nevada to supervise children who are wards of the state. “Cottage couples” or “cottage parents” are a husband- and-wife team living in a simulated home environment and supervising up to ten abused or neglected children.

Twenty-two cottage couples sued Nevada under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq., seeking back wages allegedly owed for time they spent sleeping in the cottages. After a bench trial, the district court rejected all of the cottage couples’ claims, except for…