Legal Opinion
Maggie Thomas v. State of Louisiana
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 1, 1976No. 75-1801PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEE, Circuit Judge:
The State of Louisiana challenges the lower court’s order setting aside its settlement agreement with 1,941 state employees in compromise of a claim for unpaid overtime compensation. Finding the agreement valid and binding, we reverse.
*614Appellees, employees of various state agencies who had sued their employer under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq. (1970),1 for unpaid overtime compensation, won a verdict in 1972 for three years of overtime pay, liquidated damages, and attorneys’ fees. But before final judgment was entered, the Supreme Court in…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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3Cited by37 opinions
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- Ingram Corp. v. J. Ray McDermott & Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
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