Legal Opinion
Ark. Dep't of Veterans Affairs v. Mallett
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided June 21, 2018No. CV-17-1020PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRhonda K. Wood, Associate Justice
Appellant Arkansas Department of Veterans Affairs (ADVA) appeals the circuit court's denial of its motion to dismiss based on sovereign immunity. We reverse and dismiss.
Appellees, Diane Mallett and Joseph Fabits, are two former employees of ADVA. In February 2014, Mallett, Fabits, and several others filed a class-action complaint alleging that ADVA failed to compensate them for working overtime in violation of the Arkansas Minimum Wage Act (AMWA), Ark. Code Ann. §§ 11-4-201 et seq. (Repl. 2012). They allege they frequently worked through their lunch breaks and had to work off-the-clock to…
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2Cases cited3 opinions
- THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS v. MATTHEW ANDREWSSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2018
- Walther v. FLIS Enters., Inc.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 2018
- Arkansas Department of Veterans Affairs v. MallettSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2015
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- Robert Steinbuch v. University of ArkansasSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2019
- Christopher H. Harris v. Asa Hutchinson, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Governor of the State of Arkansas; And Patrick Fisk, Individually and in His Official CapacitySupreme Court of Arkansas · 2020
- ARKANSAS OIL & GAS COMMISSION LAWRENCE BENGAL, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS DIRECTOR OF THE ARKANSAS OIL & GAS COMMISSION AND SWN PRODUCTION (ARKANSAS),LLC v. J.R. HURD SARA SMITH HURD PATRICIA HURD MCGREGOR VICTORIA HURD GOEBEL DAVID W. KILLAM ADRIAN KATHLEENKILLAM TRACY LEIGH KILLAM-DILEO HURD ENTERPRISES, LTD. AND KILLAN OIL CO., LTD.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 2018
- Wilson v. Ark. Dep't of Human Servs.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 2018
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