Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.

Holding that summary judgment is not appropriate if "the dispute about a material fact is ‘genuine,’ that is, if the evidence is such that a reasonable jury could return a verdict for the nonmoving party"

Barrentine v. Ark.-Best Freight Sys.

Holding that Fair Labor Standards Act claims may be brought in federal court notwithstanding an arbitration provision in a CBA

Phillips Inc. v. Walling

Holding that exemptions from remedial legislation must be narrowly construed

Levinson v. Spector Motor Co.

Holding that a "driver's work . . . obviously and dramatically affects the safety of operation of the carrier during every moment that he is driving . . . ."

Morris v. McComb

Holding that the exemption applies to drivers of a carrier that only devoted approximately 4% of its total services to interstate commerce and distributed its interstate assignments indiscriminately

Shockley v. City of Newport News

Holding that Media Relations Sergeants did not meet exemption criteria when they “spent half their time on the ‘crime line,’ answering the phone, taking tips, and passing them on to the right department,” and also “screen[ed] calls to the Chief of Police, respond [ed] to impromptu questions by the press, determin[ed] what information should be released to the press regarding ongoing investigations, and develop[ed] an ongoing news broadcast called ‘Crime of the Week’ ”

Clark v. J.M. Benson Co., Inc.

Holding that employer “bears the full burden of persuasion for the facts requisite to an exemption”

Jones v. Giles

Holding "that ambulance services are not subject to the Motor Carriers Act, and are therefore subject to the FLSA" based on the DOT's interpretation of the statute as set forth in the regulations

Dole v. Circle “A” Construction, Inc.

Noting that Ninth Circuit has determined that DOT's interpretation of Motor Carrier Act deserves deference

Albanil v. Coast 2 Coast, Inc.

Rule 56 - Summary Judgment

Holding a party may move for summary judgment on any part of any claim or defense in the lawsuit

Section 201 - Short title

Setting fourteen as the minimum age for most non-agricultural work

Section 207 - Maximum hours

Establishing overtime rules

Section 203 - Definitions

Recognizing that "custom or practice" under a collective-bargaining agreement can make changing clothes noncompensable

Section 213 - Exemptions

Exempting salaried employees from the FLSA's overtime pay requirement

Section 31502 - Requirements for qualifications, hours of service, safety, and equipment standards

Granting Secretary of Transportation authority to prescribe maximum hours for motor carrier employees

Section 782.2 - Requirements for exemption in general

Noting that the determination must look to what an employee does in "the ordinary course of his work"

Section 782.7 - Interstate commerce requirements of exemption

Defining interstate commerce as: "[h]ighway transportation by motor vehicle from one State to another," or "[t]ransportation within a single [s]tate . . . forms a part of a practical continuity of movement across [s]tate lines from the point of origin to the point of destination"

Section 782.3 - Drivers

Defining "driver" as "an individual who drives a motor vehicle in transportation which is, within the meaning of the Motor Carrier Act, in interstate or foreign commerce"