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TYSON FOODS, INC. v. BOUAPHAKEO

No. 14-1146.

136 S.Ct. 1036 (2016)

194 L. Ed. 2d 124

TYSON FOODS, INC., Petitioner v. Peg BOUAPHAKEO, et al., individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 22, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carter G. Phillips , Washington, DC, for Petitioner.

David C. Frederick , Washington, DC, for Respondents.

Elizabeth B. Prelogar , for the United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the respondents.

Robert L. Wiggins, Jr. , Wiggins, Childs, Quinn, & Pantazis, LLC, Birmingham, AL, Scott Michelman , Counsel of Record, Scott L. Nelson , Public Citizen, Litigation Group, Washington, DC, for Respondents.

Michael J. Mueller , Emily Burkhardt, Vicente , Evangeline C. Paschal , Hunton & Williams, Washington, DC, Carter G. Phillips , Joseph R. Guerra , C. Frederick Beckner III , Kathleen Moriarty , Mueller, Christopher A. Eiswerth , Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC, for Petitioner.

David C. Frederick , Derek T. Ho , Matthew A. Seligman , Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, PLLC, Washington, DC, Robert L. Wiggins, Jr. , Wiggins, Childs, Pantazis, Fisher & Goldfarb, LLC, Birmingham, AL, Scott Michelman , Scott L. Nelson , Allison M. Zieve , Public Citizen, Litigation Group, Washington, DC, Eric Schnapper , Univ. of Washington, School of Law, Seattle, WA, for Respondents.

Following a jury trial, a class of employees recovered $2.9 million in compensatory damages from their employer for a violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA), 52 Stat. 1060, as amended, 29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq. The employees' primary grievance was that they did not receive...

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