Legal Opinion
Lee v. Krystal Co.
District Court, S.D. Alabama
Decided January 15, 2013No. Civil Action No. 11-0627-WS-CPublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
WILLIAM H. STEELE, Chief Judge.
This matter comes before the Court on plaintiffs Motion for Award of Attorney’s Fees (doc. 34) and Plaintiffs Supplementary Fee Petition (doc. 40). The attorney’s fee issue has been extensively briefed and is now ripe for disposition.
I. Relevant Background.
Plaintiff, Reena Lee, brought this action against The Krystal Company (“Krystal”) alleging violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 201 et seq. (“FLSA”). The gravamen of Lee’s claims was that Krystal had failed to pay her straight-time wages that were due and owing, and that it had also…
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