Legal Opinion
American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees v. Virginia
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided December 13, 1996No. Civil Action 94-097-A, 94-153-A, 94-165-A, 95-005-A to 95-008-A, 95-026-A, 95-027-A, 95-057-A to 95-060-A, 95-098-A, 95-138-A, 95-209-A, 96-009-A to 96-011-A, 96-013-A and 96-111-APublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
■MEMORANDUM OPINION
WILSON, District Judge.
Plaintiffs, employees of twenty-one Virginia prisons and mental health hospitals bring these actions against the Commonwealth of Virginia (“Commonwealth”) for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), as amended, 29 U.S.C. §§ 201-219. 1 The Commonwealth has moved to dismiss pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12 for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, claiming it has immunity under the Eleventh-Amendment to the United States Constitution. Plaintiffs counter that Congress passed the FLSA pursuant to its authority under the…
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