Duplessis v. Delta Gas, Inc.

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

PATRICK E. CARR, District Judge.

This matter came on for trial before the Court, sitting without a jury, on June 23, 1986. The plaintiffs 1 are all employees of the defendant, Delta Gas, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of defendant Louisiana Energy and Development Corporation (LEDCO). Prior to 1980, the plaintiffs were paid on an hourly basis and received “time and a half” for overtime. In that year, plaintiffs signed “agreements” by which they were placed on salary, plus benefits 2 , and no longer received overtime compensation. On July 1, 1985, after…