United States Seventh Circuit

In a suit for overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act, summary judgment for defendant-employer is affirmed where a system of compensation common in the auto repair industry is a commission system within the meaning of the statute, thus exempt from the overtime requirements.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/12/2007
• Decided 03/13/2007
• Published 03/14/2007

Judges

• POSNER, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, WOOD, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jeffrey Taren (argued), Kinoy, Taren & Geraghty, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Paul R. Garry, Eileen E. Baker, Meckler Bulger & Tilson, LLP, Chicago, IL, W. Randolph Teslik, P.C., Robert G. Lian, Jr., Nathan J. Oleson, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP, Washington, DC, Rex S. Heinke (argued), Gia Kim, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendant-Appellee.