Enrique Molina-Estrada v. Puerto Rico Highway Authority

BREYER, Circuit Judge.

Appellants are “irregular employees” of the defendant, the Puerto Rico Highway Authority. They work on highway construction projects and “highway upkeep.” They sued the Authority for additional wages that they believe were owed to them under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), 29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq., or the Davis-Bacon Act, 40 U.S.C. § 276a et seq. (applied through the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956, 23 U.S.C. § 113(a)). The district court dismissed their complaint on two grounds. First, it viewed the Authority as the alter ego of the Commonwealth itself. It…