Baker v. Dolgencorp, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 201 (American Samoa Labor Standards Amendments of 1956) · 29 U.S.C. § 216
Relies on Nixon v. Warner Communications, Inc. · Brooklyn Sav Bank v. O'Neil Dize · Rushford v. New Yorker Magazine, Inc. · Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association, a National Banking Association v. Hotel Rittenhouse Associates, a Pennsylvania Limited Partnership, Jack L. Wolgin, Jack L. Wolgin Associates, Inc., a Pennsylvania Corporation, Both General Partners of Hotel Rittenhouse Associates, and Jack L. Wolgin and Muriel Wolgin, Husband and Wife v. Nilsi, N v. Abohar Investments, N v. Khalid Y. Al-Marzook, Jassim Y. Al- Marzook, and Faisal Y. Al-Marzook. Appeal of Fab III Concrete Corporation. Fab III Concrete Corporation v. Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association · In Re the Knight Publishing Company D/B/A the Charlotte Observer
Most-quoted passages
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“mere interest in maintaining the privacy of the terms of settlement does not constitute a countervailing interest sufficient to rebut the presumption of public access to judicial records, especially when parties are not required to resolve FLSA claims in court.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Second is the `private-public character’ of employee rights under the FLSA, whereby the public has an `independent interest in assuring that employees wages are fair and thus do not endanger the national health and well-being.’”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“It is undisputed that an FLSA settlement agreement, submitted to a court for judicial approval, is a judicial record that triggers the common law right of public access.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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