Legal Opinion
Cowan v. Treetop Enterprises, Inc.
District Court, M.D. Tennessee
Decided August 16, 2001No. 3:98-CV-0623PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
HAYNES, District Judge.
Plaintiffs, James Cowan, Andrew McMa-han, Timothy Harper and Patricia Morton, filed this action under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), 29 U.S.C. § 216(b), on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, against the Defendants: Treetop Enterprises, Inc., their current or former employer; James L. Shaub, II, and William E. Ezell, III, officers and stockholders of Treetop. Plaintiffs allege, in essence, that as current or former unit managers at Treetop’s restaurants, the Defendants deemed them bona fide executive employees who are exempt from…
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