Legal Opinion
William M. Nicastro v. Janet Reno
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided May 31, 1996No. 95-5152PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed PER CURIAM.
ON MOTION FOR SUMMARY AFFIRMANCE
2Per curiam
The question presented here is whether federal prisoners who work for Federal Prison Industries, Inc. (FPI) are “employees” entitled to receive the minimum wage under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq. We hold that they are not.
William M. Nicastro and Roy D. Little, federal prison inmates, applied for and were placed in industrial assignments with FPI in the United States Penitentiary at White Deer, Pennsylvania. They brought this claim under the FLSA against the Executive Directors of Federal…
3Cases cited2 opinions
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