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LOCAL 889, AFSCME v. LA. DEPT. OF HEALTH & HOSPITALS

No. 96-30982.

145 F.3d 280 (1998)

LOCAL 889, AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES, COUNCIL 17, et al., Plaintiffs, v. LOUISIANA, STATE OF, Through the DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HOSPITALS, Defendant. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES, COUNCIL 17, et al., Plaintiffs, Ronald A. Alford; Wilbourne L. Anderson; Ralph Bennett; Roland J. Bertoniere; Thomas R. Breland; Troy B. Breland; Gilbert J. Brown, Jr.; Joseph E. Cerniglia; Barney Crosby; George E. Denham; Tammy Duncan; Shelton Dyess; James L. Dykes; Edward D. Emmons; H. Jack Forbes; Needham Rankin Forbes, Jr.; Gloria G. Fortenberry; Guy D. Hammond; Paul W. Hebert; Quitmon Landrum; Titus R. Lawrence; Ronald Earl Linder; John McElveen; Paul W. Miller; Gary W. Parker; Wiley James Pernell, Jr.; Harry L. Powell; James Riley; Jerry Rodgers; John F. Rudolph; Ronnie R. Seal; Greg Slade; Danny W. Smith; Gerald Smith; Shannon Stewart; Michael E. Todd, Plaintiffs-Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, Through the DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS, Defendant-Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 25, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gilbert R. Burnas, Jr., New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

W. Brian Babin, Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendant-Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

Joan L. Brenner, Paul L. Frieden, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae, Alexis M. Herman, Secretary of Labor, U.S. Dept. of Labor.

Before POLITZ, Chief Judge, and HIGGINBOTHAM and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.

POLITZ, Chief Judge:

Plaintiffs appeal the trial court's decision holding that: (1) the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is not violated by the State failing to pay overtime for a mandatory 15 minute roll call period, and (2) the State may first require an employee requesting leave to exhaust any compensatory time balance before annual leave is taken. For the reasons assigned, we affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.

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