FREEMAN v. NATIONAL BROADCASTING CO., INC.

No. 43, Docket 94-9301.

80 F.3d 78 (1996)

Jacob FREEMAN, Bernard S. Brown, and Robert L. Garner, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided April 2, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark S. Dichter, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Wayne D. Rutman, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Susan E. Weiner, New York City), for Defendant-Appellant.

Robert L. Garner, Leonia, New Jersey (Jacob Freeman, Ridgewood, New Jersey, and Bernard S. Brown, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey), Plaintiffs-Appellees Pro Se.

John G. Kester, Washington, D.C. (Thomas G. Hentoff, Washington, D.C., John F. Sturm, Washington, D.C., Rene P. Milam, Reston, Virginia, Ralph Huber, New York City, Michael J. McCarthy, Dallas, Texas, Harold W. Fuson, Jr., La Jolla, California, Judith L. Fanshaw, La Jolla, California, John B. Jaske, Arlington, Virginia, Donald R. Crews, San Antonio, Texas, Jonathan E. Thackeray, New York City, Francis A. McAnaney, Jr., New York City, George Freeman, New York City, Peter G. Stone, Campbell Hall, New York City, Michael Doody, Stamford, Connecticut, and Mary Ann Werner, Washington, D.C., Jane E. Genster, Washington, D.C.), Amicus Curiae.

Neal D. Mollen, Washington, D.C. (Zachary D. Fasman, Washington, D.C., Jay Morrison, Washington, D.C., Henry L. Baumann, Washington, D.C., Steven Bookshester, Washington, D.C., Terry L. Etter, Washington, D.C., Jeffrey S. Rosen, New York City, E. Patrick McDermott, New York City, Mark Engstrom, New York City, and Ginger McRae, Atlanta, Georgia), Amicus Curiae.

Before: MESKILL, MAHONEY, and WALKER, Circuit Judges.


WALKER, Circuit Judge:

Defendant-appellant National Broadcasting Company, Inc. ("NBC") appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Kathleen A. Roberts, Magistrate Judge) ordering that NBC pay overtime to plaintiffs-appellees, all of whom were employed by NBC or its New York flagship station, WNBC, as television news writers, editors, producers, or field producers at the rate specified under the Fair Labor...

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