Legal Opinion
Milton Alfred Lewis v. Eskridge Trucking Co., Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided October 6, 2011No. 11-11366UnpublishedCited by 1 opinion
Non-Argument Calendar.
1Per curiam
Milton Lewis appeals the summary judgment in favor of Eskridge Trucking Co., Inc., and against Lewis’s complaint for unpaid overtime compensation under the Fair Labor Standards Act. See 29 U.S.C. § 207(a)(1). The district court ruled that Lewis was exempt from the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act. We affirm.
An employee is exempt from the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act if he is subject to the rules promulgated by the Secretary of Transportation under the Motor Carriers Act. Spires v. Ben Hill Cnty., 980 F.2d 683, 686 (11th Cir.1993). The Secretary…
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