Legal Opinion
Ritchie v. St. Louis Jewish Light
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 4, 2011No. 10-1356PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HANSEN, Circuit Judge.
Lisa Ritchie, a former employee of St. Louis Jewish Light, filed a federal court complaint against Larry Levin, Ritchie’s supervisor, and St. Louis Jewish Light (collectively, appellees), pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. § 215, claiming that her employment was terminated in retaliation for insisting on recording her overtime work. Appellees filed a motion to dismiss, which the district court 1 granted, finding that informal FLSA complaints to one’s employer are not protected. Ritchie appeals. Because we find that Ritchie’s federal court…
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