Legal Opinion
Alden v. State
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided August 4, 1998PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERTS, Justice.
[¶ 1] John H. Alden1 appeals from the judgment of the Superior Court (Cumberland County, Calkins, J.) dismissing on the basis of sovereign immunity his complaint brought pursuant to the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. Alden contends that the doctrine of sovereign immunity may not be interposed to defend against this federally created cause of action. We affirm the judgment.
[¶ 2] In December 1992 Alden, a state probation officer, filed a complaint against the State in federal district court seeking overtime pay pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). While that…
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