Legal Opinion
Jonites v. Exelon Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 3, 2008No. 07-3053PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
This appeal requires us to analyze the relation between section 301(a) of the Labor Management Relations Act (Taft-Hartley), 29 U.S.C. § 185, which authorizes federal suits to enforce collective bargaining agreements, and the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 201 et seg., the federal minimum-wage and maximum-hour law. The plaintiffs represent a class (an “opt-in” class under 29 U.S.C. § 216(b); see Harkins v. Riverboat Services, Inc., 385 F.3d 1099, 1101 (7th Cir.2004)) of more than a thousand linemen and other hourly workers employed by Commonwealth Edison.…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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- McDonald v. City of West BranchSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
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