Gordon v. Maine Central Railroad

WATHEN, Chief Justice.

Plaintiff Jeffrey R. Gordon appeals from a judgment entered in the Superior Court (Cumberland County, Lipez, J.) finding no violation of 26 M.R.S.A. § 664 (1988 & Supp.1994), 1 by defendants, Maine Central Railroad and Springfield Terminal Railway Company (Railroads). Plaintiff contends that the court erred in looking to the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), 29 U.S.C.A. § 213 et seq. (1992), and federal regulations and case law to construe the Maine statute. He also asserts that the court erred in concluding that his work was administrative in nature, and…