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"

Celotex Corp. v. Catrett

Holding that a movant's summary judgment motion should be granted "against a [nonmovant] who fails to make a showing sufficient to establish the existence of an element essential to that party's case, and on which that party will bear the burden of proof at trial"

Matsushita Elec. Indus. Co. v. Zenith Radio

Holding that, on summary judgment, antitrust plaintiffs "must show that the inference of conspiracy is reasonable in light of the competing inferences of independent action or collusive action that could not have harmed" them

Kasten v. Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics

Holding that “the phrase ‘any complaint’ suggests a broad interpretation”

Garcia v. San Antonio Metro. Transit Auth

Holding that local governments are not constitutionally immune from federal employment laws, and overruling National League of Cities v. Usery , 426 U.S. 833, 96 S.Ct. 2465, 49 L.Ed.2d 245, after "eight years" of experience under that regime showed Usery ’s standard was unworkable and, in practice, undermined the federalism principles the decision sought to protect

Anderson v. Mt. Clemens Pottery Co.

Holding that "the damage is. . . certain" where employee proved that he performed work that was not paid in accordance with the statutes, and that damages can then be awarded if there is a "basis for a reasonable inference as to the extent of the damages"

Brooklyn Bank v. O'Neil

Holding right to liquidated damages under Fair Labor Standards Act nonwaivable

Goldberg v. Whitaker House Coop

Holding that the test of employment under the FLSA is the economic reality test

Rutherford Food Corp. v. McComb

Holding the FLSA contains "no definition that solves problems as to the limits of the employer-employee relationship under the Act"

Mitchell v. DeMario Jewelry

Holding district court has authority pursuant to Section 17 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to order reimbursement for lost wages resulting from employment discrimination, as well as equitable authority to enter a permanent injunction ordering cessation of future discrimination and reinstatement of discharged employees

Rule 56 - Summary Judgment

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

Rule 403 - Excluding Relevant Evidence for Prejudice, Confusion, Waste of Time, or Other Reasons

Adopting a similar standard, but requiring the probative value to be "substantially outweighed" by these risks

Section 207 - Maximum hours

Establishing overtime rules

Section 206 - Minimum wage

Asking only whether the alleged inequality resulted from “any other factor other than sex”

Section 203 - Definitions

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

Section 215 - Prohibited acts; prima facie evidence

Recognizing as a protected activity an individual's “testif[ying] ... in any such proceeding” “under or related to this chapter”

Section 211 - Collection of data

Providing that employers must "make, keep, and preserve" records of employees' hours

Section 217 - Injunction proceedings

Authorizing the Secretary to initiate injunction proceedings to restrain any violation of 29 U.S.C. § 215, including 29 U.S.C. § 215, which makes it unlawful for an employer to fail to comply with the recordkeeping requirements contained in 29 U.S.C. § 211(c)

Section 516.2 - Employees subject to minimum wage or minimum wage and overtime provisions pursuant to section 6 or sections 6 and 7(a) of the Act

Listing records and information employers must keep

Section 531.3 - General determinations of "reasonable cost."

Stating that "the cost of uniforms and of their laundering, where the nature of the business requires the employee to wear a uniform," is an expense primarily for the benefit of the employer

Section 778.5 - Relation to other laws generally

Stating that employees are entitled to higher minimums set by state law if FLSA standards are lower

Section 516.27 - "Board, lodging, or other facilities" under section 3(m) of the Act

Listing recordkeeping requirements

Section 516.6 - Records to be preserved 2 years

Requiring employers to maintain records of "all basic time and earning cards or sheets on which are entered the daily starting and stopping time of individual employees" for a period of two years

Section 516.1 - Form of records; scope of regulations

Requiring employers to keep various employee records, including records of hours worked, but specifying, "No particular order or form of records is prescribed by the regulations in this part."

Section 531.30 - "Furnished" to the employee

In 29 C.F.R. § 531.30, the Secretary interprets the word "furnished" in section 3(m) to permit an employer to take a credit only for those meals and other facilities whose acceptance and utilization by the employee is "voluntary and uncoerced."

Section 531.4 - Making determinations of "reasonable cost."