Legal Opinion
Fujiwara v. Sushi Yasuda Ltd.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided November 12, 2014No. 12CV8742PublishedCited by 110 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM & ORDER
WILLIAM H. PAULEY III, District Judge:
In 1938, Congress enacted the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) to guarantee workers “[a] fair day’s pay for a fair day’s work” and to guard against “the evil of ‘overwork’ as well as ‘underpay.’ ” Overnight Motor Transp. Co. v. Missel, 316 U.S. 572, 578, 62 S.Ct. 1216, 86 L.Ed. 1682 (1942) (quoting 81 Cong. Rec. 4983 (1937) (message of President Roosevelt)).
Recent years have witnessed an explosion in FLSA litigation. FLSA cases constitute nearly 9% of the civil cases filed in the Southern District of New York so far this year. And this…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Barrentine v. Arkansas-Best Freight System, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1981
- City of Detroit v. Grinnell Corporation, Manhattan-Ward, Incorporated v. Grinnell Corporation, 1225 Vine Street Building, Inc. v. Grinnell CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
- Overnight Motor Transportation Co. v. MisselSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Vizcaino v. Microsoft Corp.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2002
- Goldberger v. Integrated Resources, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2000
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3Cited by110 opinions
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