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BESTER v. CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY

No. 86 C 1067.

676 F.Supp. 833 (1987)

Dorothy BESTER, et al., Plaintiffs, v. CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY, a public corporation, Defendant.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, E.D.

December 9, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald G. Peterson, Jack L. Watson, Michael A. Storm, Schaffenegger, Watson & Peterson, Ltd., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs.

James P. Daley, Jeffrey A. Blevins, David M. Novak, Joseph J. Stevens, Bell, Boyd & Boyd, Chicago, Ill., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ZAGEL, District Judge.

This lawsuit is brought by employees of the Chicago Transit Authority ("CTA") to require CTA's compliance with the wage and hour rules of the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA"). The CTA claims exemption from these rules prior to April 15, 1986 and compliance with them since that date.

The CTA and its employees are first at issue over the will of Congress in this matter. The employees note that Congress...

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