Luisa E. Silva v. Grant Miller’s Empirical Analysis
2009
Citation profile
2 district ·
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 201 (American Samoa Labor Standards Amendments of 1956) · 29 U.S.C. § 216
Relies on Lynn's Food Stores, Inc. v. United States ex rel. U. S. Department of Labor, Employment Standards Administration, Wage & Hour Division · United Slate Tile and Composition Roofers Damp and Waterproof Workers Association Local v. G & M Roofing and Sheet Metal Company Inc · Skidmore v. John J. Casale, Inc. · Maddrix v. Dize · 276 F. Supp. 2d 1211 - MacKenzie v. Kindred Hospitals East, L.L.C.
Most-quoted passages
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“On its face, Lynn's Food suggests no exception to judicial oversight of settlements when the employee receives all wages due; it offers no support for the even broader exception proposed by [the plaintiffs attorney] that would include all counseled settlements.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“review . . . the reasonableness of counsel's legal fees to assure both that counsel is compensated adequately and that no conflict of interest taints the amount the wronged employee recovers under a settlement agreement.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“shall, in addition to any judgment awarded to the plaintiff ... allow a reasonable attorney's fee to be paid by the defendant”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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