Legal Opinion
Harrison v. City of Clarksville, Tenn.
District Court, M.D. Tennessee
Decided August 21, 1989No. 3:88-0954PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
WISEMAN, Chief Judge.
This matter is before the Court on defendant’s motion for summary judgment against 34 plaintiffs (designated plaintiffs), all of whom were hired by defendant as firefighters after the compensation changes at issue in this suit took effect. For the reasons stated below, the Court finds that the defendant’s actions are not void under Tennessee law and that, with respect to the designated plaintiffs, the change in the length of the shifts is bona fide under the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq., as amended (FLSA). On the record currently before it,…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit AuthoritySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- National League of Cities v. UserySupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Walling v. Helmerich & Payne, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- City of Lebanon v. BairdTennessee Supreme Court · 1988
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Timothy Alldread v. City of GrenadaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
- Harrison v. City of Clarksville, Tenn.District Court, M.D. Tennessee · 1990
- Morehead v. City of PearlDistrict Court, S.D. Mississippi · 1990
- Alldread v. City of GrenadaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993