Barnhart v. Walton

Holding that the “‘ 12 month' duration requirements apply to both the ‘impairment' and the ‘inability' to work requirements”

Auer v. Robbins

Holding that a federal agency's interpretation of a regulation is controlling where it is not "plainly erroneous or inconsistent with the regulation"

Christensen v. Harris County

Holding that agency interpretations contained in "policy statements, agency manuals, and enforcement guidelines, all of which lack the force of law do not warrant Chevron-style deference"

Skidmore v. Swift Co.

Holding that "the rulings, interpretations and opinions of the Administrator" of the statute in question, "while not controlling upon the courts by reason of their authority," were nonetheless available for guidance to the extent they had the "power to persuade"

Anderson v. Mt. Clemens Pottery Co.

Holding that, where employer's records are inadequate, "an employee has carried out his burden if he proves that he has in fact performed work for which he was improperly compensated and if he produces sufficient evidence to show the amount and extent of that work as a matter of just and reasonable inference."

Block v. City of Los Angeles

Holding that, at summary judgment, the court may not rely on evidence that is "based on inadmissible hearsay" and which does not "set forth facts that would be admissible in evidence"

Armour Co. v. Wantock

Holding that work is compensable if it is "predominantly for the employer's benefit" and noting that "an employer, if he chooses, may hire a man to do nothing"

Griffini v. Mitchell

Reviewing magistrate judge's findings of fact for plain error where habeas petitioner failed to file objections to report and recommendation

Roy v. County of Lexington, South Carolina

Holding that, "where employees can . . . enjoy at least five uninterrupted hours of sleep, the regulations can fairly be read to mean that such employees receive an 'uninterrupted night's sleep'"

Mireles v. Frio Foods, Inc.

Holding that when employees were ordered to report to work at a certain time, but were made to wait fifteen minutes per day before actually beginning productive work, they were engaged to wait and the wait time was not de minimis

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

Rule 802 - The Rule Against Hearsay

Recognizing federal statutes, the Federal Rules of Evidence, or Supreme Court rules as sources for exceptions to the rule against hearsay

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 785.23 - Employees residing on employer's premises or working at home

Requiring agreements to be "reasonable"

Section 785.16 - Off duty

Section 785.7 - Judicial construction

Requiring that employees covered by the FLSA be paid for "all the time during which an employee is necessarily required to be on the employer's premises, on duty or at a prescribed work place"