Legal Opinion

City of University Park v. University Park Police Ass'n

Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)

Decided January 31, 1989No. 05-88-00125-CVPublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KINKEADE, Justice.

At issue in this case is whether the City of University Park (the City) must pay University Park police officers for the time when they are on lunch break but are subject to call. Resolution of this issue depends on the interpretation of article 1269p, section 6A, of the Texas Revised Civil Statutes and sections 201 through 216 of Title 29 of the United States Code, which is the Fair Labor Standards Act (the FLSA). Section 6A of article 1269p regulates the number of hours police department employees can work in cities that fall within the statutory guidelines.…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Skidmore v. Swift & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
  2. Kenneth J. Hill v. United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1985
  3. F. W. Stock & Sons, Inc. v. ThompsonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1952
  4. William E. Brock, Secretary of Labor, U.S. Department of Labor, Plaintiff v. El Paso Natural Gas CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
  5. Weeks v. Chief of Washington State PatrolWashington Supreme Court · 1982

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Wahl v. City of Wichita, Kan.District Court, D. Kansas · 1989
  2. Bagrowski v. Maryland Port AuthorityDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1994
  3. Albee v. Village of Bartlett, IllinoisDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1994
  4. Leahy v. City of ChicagoDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1992
  5. Julie Alexander, Carmel G. Abbate, Bozeman Anderson v. City of Chicago, a Municipal CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993

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