Legal Opinion
Paul O. Spinden v. Gs Roofing Products Company, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 30, 1996No. 95-1893PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAGILL, Circuit Judge.
GS Roofing Products Company, Inc. (GS) appeals the district court’s ruling that GS’s former controller, Paul O. Spinden, was not an exempt administrative employee under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 201-216. We reverse.
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Spinden worked as the plant controller for the GS plant in Little Rock, Arkansas, from January 1985 until September 1993. When Spinden first joined the company, he had an accounting clerk and an accounts payable clerk who reported to him. In December 1986, the clerks were terminated as part of a downsizing effort by GS, and Spinden…
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