Legal Opinion

Figueroa v. District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided February 11, 2011No. 09-7133PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge GARLAND.

GARLAND, Circuit Judge:

Officers of the District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) sued their employer under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), alleging that MPD had failed to calculate their overtime based on enhanced pay owed to detective sergeants under the District of Columbia Code. The district court dismissed the officers’ claims as barred by the statute of limitations. Although we agree that some of the officers’ claims are untimely, we do not agree that all of their claims are barred. Because a new cause of action…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Anderson v. Mt. Clemens Pottery Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946
  3. Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 2007
  4. District of Columbia, a Municipal Corporation v. Air Florida, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1984
  5. Montgomery v. ChaoCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2008

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3Cited by30 opinions

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  3. Cannon v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2013
  4. Hamer v. City of TrinidadCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2019
  5. Deloatch v. Harris Teeter, Inc.District Court, District of Columbia · 2011

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