Legal Opinion
Bester v. Chicago Transit Authority
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided December 9, 1987No. 86 C 1067PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
ZAGEL, District Judge.
This lawsuit is brought by employees of the Chicago Transit Authority (“CTA”) to require CTA’s compliance with the wage and hour rules of the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). The CTA claims exemption from’ these rules prior to April 15,1986 and compliance with them since that date.
The CTA and its employees are first at issue over the will of Congress in this matter. The employees note that Congress in 1966 enacted amendments to the FLSA1 extending its reach to workers in mass transit which is the business of the CTA.2 In 1974 Congress phased…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Hodel v. Virginia Surface Mining & Reclamation Assn., Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit AuthoritySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- National League of Cities v. UserySupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- United Transportation Union v. Long Island Rail RoadSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Brown v. Transurban USA, Inc.District Court, E.D. Virginia · 2015
- Dorothy Bester v. Chicago Transit AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989