Abundis v. United States

OPINION

BRUGGINK, Judge.

Pending before the court is plaintiffs’ motion for partial summary judgment on the issue of liability. After oral argument, the court directed the parties to narrow the fact issues by resubmitting proposed findings of fact. Additional briefing was also allowed. After considering the parties’ submissions and argument, the motion is denied.

I. BACKGROUND

Ruben S. Abundis and over 500 others who have filed their written consent to be party plaintiffs in accordance with 29 U.S.C. § 216(b) (1982), are, or were, employed by the United States Government in engineering,…