Legal Opinion
David Austin and Denise Austin, Husband and Wife Mary Katherine Gojkovich, a Single Person v. City of Bisbee, Arizona, a Body Politic
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 29, 1988No. 87-1595PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
In November 1985, Mary Katherine Go-jkovich and David Austin, police officers for the City of Bisbee, Arizona, sued the city under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq., for overtime pay for the hours the officers spent “on-call” while off-duty. 1 They argue that Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority, 469 U.S. 528, 105 S.Ct. 1005, 83 L.Ed.2d 1016 (1985), which extended FLSA protections to all state and local government employees, entitles them to overtime compensation. Because we find that Garcia should not be applied retroactively…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- National League of Cities v. UserySupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by50 opinions
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