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CARRELL v. SUNLAND CONST., INC.

No. 92-4948.

998 F.2d 330 (1993)

Bennis CARRELL, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SUNLAND CONSTRUCTION, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 25, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Lurye, Gardner, Robein & Urann, Metairie, LA, Francis J. Martorana, Ellen O. Boardman, O'Donoghue & O'Donoghue, Washington, DC, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Greg Guidry, Steven C. Lanza, Onebane, Donohoe, Bernard, Torian, Diaz, McNamara & Abell, Lafayette, LA, for defendant-appellee.

Before REAVLEY, DUHÉ and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges.

REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:

Twenty welders sued Sunland Construction Inc. (Sunland), claiming that Sunland violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 201-219, by failing to pay them overtime compensation. The district court dismissed the welders' lawsuit on the ground that they were not "employees" within the meaning of the FLSA. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

Sunland constructs transmission...

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