United States Fourth Circuit

Dismissal of plaintiff-Secretary of Labor's action against various defendants for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act is reversed where the district court erred when it concluded that the complaint did not satisfy Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8(a).

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/27/2005
• Decided 07/19/2005
• Published 07/19/2005

Judges

• Before MOTZ and KING, Circuit Judges, and SILER, Senior Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, sitting by designation.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Carol Beth Feinberg, United States Department of Labor, Office of the Solicitor, Washington, D.C., for Appellant.  Kevin Patrick Kopp, Jacqueline Denise Grant, Roberts & Stevens, P.A., Asheville, North Carolina, for Appellees.   ON BRIEF:  Howard M. Radzely, Solicitor of Labor, Steven J. Mandel, Associate Solicitor, Paul L. Frieden, Counsel for Appellate Litigation, United States Department of Labor, Office of the Solicitor, Washington, D.C., for Appellant.  Jackson D. Hamilton, Roberts & Stevens, P.A., Asheville, North Carolina, for Appellees.