Legal Opinion
Arrington v. National Broadcasting Co., Inc.
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided January 28, 1982No. Civ. A. 81-2019, 81-2018PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
FLANNERY, District Judge.
This matter comes before the court on defendants’ motions for summary judgment or, in the alternative, disqualification of plaintiffs’ counsel. Defendants assert three grounds in support of their motions: 1) that the instant litigation is, in effect, being brought by plaintiffs’ union, NABET, and as such is barred by section 5 of the Portal-to-Portal Act, 2) that this Fair Labor Standards Act (hereinafter FLSA) suit for overtime wages should be dismissed because it is pre-empted by the collective bargaining agreement between plaintiffs’ union and…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. ButtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Anderson v. Mt. Clemens Pottery Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Barrentine v. Arkansas-Best Freight System, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Virginia Ex Rel. Virginia State BarSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Laffey v. Northwest Airlines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1976
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Symczyk v. Genesis HealthCare Corp.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2011
- Cameron-Grant v. Maxim Healthcare Services, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2003
- Robert Anderson v. Montgomery Ward & Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
- United Food & Commercial Workers Union, Local 1564 of New Mexico v. Albertson's, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2000
- The United States v. Lester CookCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1986
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