Legal Opinion
Melton v. Tippecanoe County
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 22, 2016No. 14-3599PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
After he disregarded an order from his supervisor that he could not change his schedule to make up for missed time, Plaintiff James Melton was discharged from his job at the Tippecanoe County Surveyor’s Office. Melton later filed suit against the County, alleging that during his time there, he had arrived early and worked through lunch every day and was not compensated for overtime in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act. The district court granted summary judgment to the County because Melton had not designated sufficient evidence to find that he worked more than…
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