United States Fifth Circuit

The Family Medical Leave Act's (FMLA) definition of an "eligible employee" is not a limit on the federal courts' subject matter jurisdiction, but instead the employee-numerosity requirement is an element of an FMLA claim.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/18/2006
• Published 04/19/2006

Judges

• DENNIS, Circuit Judge:, Before KING, Chief Judge, and JOLLY and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Bryant Hollingsworth Graves (argued), Law Office of Bryant H. Graves, Baton Rouge, LA, for Minard.


• For Appellees:
  
• Richard J.R. Raleigh, Jr. (argued), John Anthony Wilmer, Wilmer & Lee, Huntsville, AL, Leslie Ellen Ayres, Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips, Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendant-Appellee.