COSME NIEVES v. DESHLER

No. 85-1095.

786 F.2d 445 (1986)

Angel M. COSME NIEVES, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Col. Robert C. DESHLER, etc., et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 18, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel C. Vazquez Matias with whom Hector L. Marquez was on brief, for appellants.

Richard K. Willard, Asst. Atty. Gen., David M. Cohen, Director, and Robert A. Reutershan, Asst. Director, on supplemental brief, for U.S.

Vincent E. Reilly, Office of the Judge Advocate Gen., with whom Francisco A. Besosa, Asst. U.S. Atty., and Daniel F. Lopez Romo, U.S. Atty., were on brief, for appellees.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, COFFIN and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judges.


LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs-appellants Angel M. Cosme Nieves, Secundino Machado, Tomas Garcia, and Lorraine Gorski, all employees of defendant-appellee Fort Buchanan Installation Club System ("FBICS"), brought an action for back pay and damages under the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA"), 29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq. (1982), and the labor laws of Puerto Rico. They now appeal from the district court's dismissal of their action for want of jurisdiction...

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