Legal Opinion
Alfonso Avitia, and Diane Larsen v. Metropolitan Club of Chicago, Incorporated, Cross-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 1, 1995No. 94-1356, 94-1423, 94-1586PublishedCited by 268 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
Waiters at the Metropolitan Club in Chicago sued the Club. They claimed, first, that they had been denied overtime wages to which the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq., entitled them and, second, that one of their number, Alfonso Avitia, had been fired, in violation of the Act’s prohibition against retaliation,' 29 U.S.C. § 215(a)(3), for asserting his right to overtime wages. A jury returned a verdict (upon which the district judge entered judgment) for six of the plaintiffs, including Avitia. The Club appeals from the judgment for Avitia and one other…
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