Charlene Brigham, as Personal Representative of the Estate of James Brigham Carl Hall Gary Millsap Donald E. Reed v. Eugene Water & Electric Board

O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge.

We must decide whether employees of an electric utility who reside on their employer’s remote premises were wrongfully denied overtime pay in violation of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and Oregon state law.

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James Brigham, Carl Hall, Gary Mill-sap, and Donald Reed (“the employees”) are current or former employees stationed at the Carmen Smith Hydroelectric Project (“project” or “site”), a power generation facility straddling the upper McKenzie River some 70 miles east of Eugene, Oregon, on lands located predominantly within the Willamette National Forest. 1…