Legal Opinion
Kevin Watson and Raymond Wayne Thrash v. Odom Graves, Darryl Jarreau, Marilyn Jarreau, and Abe Ross
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 13, 1990No. 89-3899PublishedCited by 137 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIENER, Circuit Judge:
Kevin Watson (Watson) and Raymond Wayne Thrash (Thrash) (collectively, the Inmates), appeal the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of all defendants based on that court’s conclusion that as a matter of law, the Inmates are not employees of the private defendants under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA or the Act), 29 U.S.C. §§ 201 et seq., and are not entitled to relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the public defendants because their actions did not violate the thirteenth amendment or FLSA. We affirm the district court’s holding that none of the…
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