Legal Opinion
John H. Harkins v. Riverboat Services, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 6, 2004No. 03-3624PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiffs in this suit for overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act are 21 former employees of the defendant, which employed them on a gambling boat; 14 of the 21 also claim that they were fired in retaliation for making overtime claims, which likewise is forbidden by the Act.
The boat’s home port is East Chicago, Indiana, on Lake Michigan. Like a number of other states, Indiana permits gambling only on “riverboats.” Ind.Code § 4-33-9-1. This curiosity of American public policy has been well explained by William Blake Bennett, “Waterborne Woes: Legal…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Miles v. Apex Marine Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Icicle Seafoods, Inc. v. WorthingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Lewis v. Lewis & Clark Marine, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 2001
- Warner v. GoltraSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor v. Michael Lauritzen and Marilyn Lauritzen, Individually and Doing Business as Lauritzen FarmsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
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3Cited by67 opinions
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- Parker v. Rowland Express, Inc.District Court, D. Minnesota · 2007
- Glenn Tate v. Showboat Marina Casino PartnershipCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2005
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