HAWORTH v. STATE OF NEV.

Nos. 93-16972, 94-16561.

56 F.3d 1048 (1995)

Dayton HAWORTH, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. STATE OF NEVADA, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Dayton HAWORTH, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. STATE OF NEVADA, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided May 30, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael E. Langton, Langton & Kilburn, Reno, NV, for plaintiffs-appellants-appellees.

Nancy Ford Angres, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen. and Cynthia Pyzel, Senior Deputy Atty. Gen., Carson City, NV, for defendants-appellees-appellants.

Before: BRUNETTI, THOMPSON and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges.


DAVID R. THOMPSON, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs-appellants are "cottage couples" employed by Nevada to supervise children who are wards of the state. "Cottage couples" or "cottage parents" are a husband-and-wife team living in a simulated home environment and supervising up to ten abused or neglected children.

Twenty-two cottage couples sued Nevada under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq., seeking back wages allegedly owed...

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