Legal Opinion
Harold Adkins v. Mid-American Growers, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 10, 1999No. 98-1842PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
This suit by 122 hourly workers at Mid-American Growers, a large Illinois producer of flowers and flowering plants, charges Mid-American with violating the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 201 et seq. The district court conducted a trial limited to the applicability of section 213(b)(12) of the FLSA — the agricultural exemption. He found the exemption inapplicable, 965 F.Supp. 1076 (N.D.I11.1997), and later granted the plaintiffs summary judgment on the remaining issues and ordered the defendant to pay a total of $115,-000 in overtime pay…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- Corning Glass Works v. BrennanSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Sindell v. Abbott LaboratoriesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1980
- Alfonso Avitia, and Diane Larsen v. Metropolitan Club of Chicago, Incorporated, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
- Ted L. Lindow v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984
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