WATSON v. GRAVES

No. 89-3899.

909 F.2d 1549 (1990)

Kevin WATSON and Raymond Wayne Thrash, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Odom GRAVES, Darryl Jarreau, Marilyn Jarreau, and Abe Ross, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 13, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy M. Lilly, Jr., Stephen M. Irving, Baton Rouge, La., for plaintiffs-appellants.

A.S. Easterly, III, Easterly & Pittman, Denham Springs, La., for defendants-appellees Jarreau.

John R. Burgess, Burgess & Lee, Livingston, La., for defendants-appellees Graves and Ross.

Before REAVLEY, DUHE and WIENER, Circuit Judges.


WIENER, Circuit Judge:

Kevin Watson (Watson) and Raymond Wayne Thrash (Thrash) (collectively, the Inmates), appeal the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of all defendants based on that court's conclusion that as a matter of law, the Inmates are not employees of the private defendants under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA or the Act), 29 U.S.C. §§ 201 et seq., and are not entitled to relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the...

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