Six Mexican Wkrs. v. Ariz. Citrus Growers
904 F.2d 1301 (9th Cir. 1990) Cited 729 times 12 Legal Analyses
Holding the "district court did not abuse its discretion by calculating attorneys' fees as a percentage of the total fund" in a similar statutory regime where discrete violations totaled either $250 or $500
United States v. Klein
303 U.S. 276 (1938) Cited 92 times
Affirming Pennsylvania's escheat of unclaimed money deposited in the registry of a federal court even though the money had already been transferred to the U.S. Treasury
Hodgson v. Wheaton Glass Co.
446 F.2d 527 (3d Cir. 1971) Cited 53 times
In Hodgson v. Wheaton Glass Co., 446 F.2d 527 (3 Cir. 1971), the court observed that, while one provision of the Fair Labor Standards Act (29 U.S.C. § 216(c)) allowed a court to direct payment of unclaimed back wages to the Treasury, there was no corresponding provision in 29 U.S.C. § 217 — the section upon which the disputed district court judgment was based.
Section 2042 - Withdrawal
28 U.S.C. § 2042 Cited 503 times
Providing that funds "unclaimed by the person entitled thereto" for five years revert to the federal treasury