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BLANTON v. CITY OF MURFREESBORO

No. 3-86-0468.

658 F.Supp. 1540 (1987)

Donald BLANTON, et al. v. CITY OF MURFREESBORO, et al.

United States District Court, M.D. Tennessee, Nashville Division.

May 1, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. Woodley, Mulholland and Hickey, Washington, D.C., John D. Schwalb, Bolin & Ash, Murfreesboro, Tenn., for plaintiffs.

Thomas L. Reed, City Atty., Reed, Rogers & Trail, Murfreesboro, Tenn., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM

WISEMAN, Chief Judge.

This case presents an issue of first impression: whether a municipality's recalculation of the base wage rates of its firefighters violates section 8 of the 1985 Amendments to The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), 99 Stat. 787, P.L. 99-150, codified at 29 U.S.C.A. § 215. For the reasons stated below, the Court holds that the actions of the City of Murfreesboro, Tennessee in mid-1986 did violate the Act and, therefore...

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