Legal Opinion
Bradley Debraska v. City of Milwaukee
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 2, 1999No. 98-4022PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Almost 1900 current and former Milwaukee police officers, led by their union the Milwaukee Police Association, brought this suit against the City of Milwaukee under the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 201-19. Sixty percent of these plaintiffs, including the Union, also participated in a flsa suit against the City that began in 1988 and was settled in 1990. Part of the settlement was a “Plaintiffs’ Covenant as to Future Actions” promising not to relitigate the issues raised in the 1988 complaint or urge any other officer to do so. The primary contention in…
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