Legal Opinion
Herman v. Héctor I. Nieves Transport, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 26, 2001No. 00-1594PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Chief Judge.
This appeal addresses a question of first impression: specifically, whether the “motor carrier exemption” to the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), 29 U.S.C. § 213(b)(1), includes a trucking company whose routes are entirely within the boundaries of Puerto Rico. 1 The district court concluded that the trucking company, Héctor I. Nieves Transportation, Inc. (“Nieves”), was not protected by the motor carrier exemption. Herman v. Héctor I. Nieves Transp., Inc., Civ. No. 96-2479 (D.P.R., Jan. 15, 1999) (granting partial summary judgment as to that…
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