Legal Opinion
Singer v. City of Waco, Texas
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 27, 2003No. 01-51185, 01-51258PublishedCited by 170 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs, former and current employees of the Waco Fire Department (“the fire fighters”), brought suit against the City of Waco (“the City”), claiming that the City’s method of calculating their overtime pay violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), 29 U.S.C. § 201, et seq., as well as state law, see Tex. Loc. Gov’t Code Ann. § 142.0015. The fire fighters prevailed at trial on most of the liability issues, but appeal the district court’s calculation of damages. The fire fighters argue (1) that the district court erred in calculating their regular rate of…
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