Legal Opinion
Elmer Lucas v. Jerusalem Cafe, LLC
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 29, 2013No. 12-2170PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RILEY, Chief Judge.
For varying periods between June 2007 and March 2010, Elmer Lucas and five other aliens (collectively, workers), without employment authorization, toiled in the Jerusalem Cafe (Cafe), some for less than minimum wage and all without receiving overtime wages. The workers sued the Cafe, and its then-owner Farid Azzeh and manager Adel Alazzeh (collectively, employers), for willfully violating the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. § 201, et seq. After a jury decided in the workers’ favor, the district court1 awarded the workers minimum and overtime wages,…
2Cases cited46 opinions
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3Cited by26 opinions
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