Legal Opinion
Alden v. Maine
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 23, 1999No. 98-436PublishedCited by 1,877 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Kennedy
In 1992, petitioners, a group of probation officers, filed suit against their employer, the State of Maine, in the United States District Court for the District of Maine. The officers alleged the State had violated the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA), 52 Stat. 1060, as *712amended, 29 U. S. C. §201 et seq. (1994 ed. and Supp. Ill), and sought compensation and liquidated damages. While the suit was pending, this Court decided Seminole Tribe of Fla. v. Florida, 517 U. S. 44 (1996), which made it clear that Congress lacks power under Article I to abrogate the…
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