United States Third Circuit

In a collective action under the Fair Labor Standards Act, alleging defendant undercompensates its bus drivers by failing to fully account for their performance of required pre-trip safety inspections, denial of summary judgment to defendant is affirmed where defendant is not entitled to sovereign immunity under the Eleventh Amendment, even in light of subsequent changes in Eleventh Amendment jurisprudence and in defendant's state funding formula.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/04/2008
• Decided 11/26/2008
• Published 11/26/2008

Judges

• Before:  SCIRICA, Chief Judge, FISHER and ROTH, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Thomas S. Biemer, Esquire (Argued), Steven B. Goodman, Esquire, Mariana Rossman, Esquire, Dilworth Paxson, Philadelphia, PA, Michael G. Tierce, Esquire, Jo Bennett, Esquire, Stevens & Lee, Philadelphia, PA, Attorneys for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jordan M. Lewis, Esquire (Argued), Siegel, Brill, Greupner, Duffy & Foster, Minneapolis, MN, Patricia V. Pierce, Esquire, Hannah Schwarzschild, Esquire, Willig, Williams & Davidson, Philadelphia, PA, Attorneys for Appellee, Allison Cooper., Lawrence A. Katz, Esquire, Coffey & Kaye, Bala Cynwyd, PA, Attorney for Amici Curiae-Appellee, United Transportation Union, Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen.