United States Fifth Circuit

In a suit alleging violations of the minimum wage requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act, the district court erred when it held that the parties' employment contract, which requires resolution of employment claims through arbitration in the Philippines, violated Louisiana law.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/24/2005
• Published 03/24/2005

Judges

• RHESA HAWKINS BARKSDALE, Circuit Judge:, Before WIENER, BARKSDALE and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Cornelius R. Heusel, Jennifer Lynn Anderson (argued), Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, LA, for Offhore Specialty Fabricators, Inc.


• For Appellees:
  
• William Steven Mannear (argued), Poynter, Mannear & Colomb, Baton Rouge, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.