Legal Opinion
Freeman v. National Broadcasting Co., Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided August 20, 1993No. 85 Civ. 3302 (LBS) (KAR)PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
ROBERTS, United States Magistrate Judge:
This action was commenced in 1985 by 149 employees of the news division of defendant National Broadcasting Company (“NBC”), who contend that NBC has improperly calculated the compensation they are entitled to receive pursuant to the overtime provision of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (“FLSA”), 29 U.S.C. § 207. 1 The overtime provision provides that:
no employer shall employ any of his employees * * * for a workweek longer than forty hours unless such employee receives compensation for his employment in excess of the hours-above…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Skidmore v. Swift & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Barrentine v. Arkansas-Best Freight System, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1981
- McLaughlin v. Richland Shoe Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Corning Glass Works v. BrennanSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Smidt v. PorterSupreme Court of Iowa · 2005
- Bell v. Farmers Insurance ExchangeCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2001
- Reich v. Newspapers of New England, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1995
- Nordquist v. McGraw-Hill Broadcasting Co.California Court of Appeal · 1995
- Jacob Freeman, Bernard S. Brown, and Robert L. Garner v. National Broadcasting Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1996
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