Bridewell v. Cincinnati Reds’s Empirical Analysis
155 F.3d 828 · 1998
Citation profile
4 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 11 later decisions — most recently May 2019
4 federal appellate ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 207 · 29 U.S.C. § 213
Relies on Arnold v. Ben Kanowsky, Inc. · Toibb v. Radloff · Maryland Casualty Co. v. Cushing · Pipefitters Local Union No. 562 v. United States · Jeffery v. Sarasota White Sox, Inc.
Most-quoted passages
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“I respectfully disagree, however, that holding the Reds to this plain meaning interpretation of § 213(a)(3)(B) leads to an illogical or counterintuitive result. Although the accrual method of accounting more accurately matches up the Reds’ revenues with its expenses, I would find it problematic to insulate the Reds from the FLSA’s overtime requirements merely because it does not record its off-season revenue as income until its actual games are played from April through October. The majority emphasizes that the Reds keep season ticket revenues paid by its ticket holders in a separate bank account, and that the Reds must refund the money to the ticket holder if the game is not played (e.g., during a player strike). However, I have no doubt that the Reds receive substantial interest or similar revenue on those season ticket revenues while those funds are held in a separate bank account. Thus, I believe that it is quite logical that Congress chose not to exempt an organization like the Reds from paying an employee like Daisy S. Pearl an additional $2.75 per hour above her regular rate of $5.50 per hour for overtime hours, because the Reds clearly benefit financially by receiving significant amounts of its revenue in the off-season. Accordingly, the “receipts” test of § 213(a)(3)(B) does not need to be “corrected” or “perfected” by this court because I believe Congress meant what it said and said what it meant: a busi ness operation like the Reds cannot insulate itself from the F”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“[W]e c[an]not look to the legislative history to contravene the clear and unambiguous language of the statute.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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