VELA v. CITY OF HOUSTON

No. 00-20770.

276 F.3d 659 (2001)

Juan E. VELA; et al., Plaintiffs, Phillip E. Daley; Tiera Angelle Leger; Richard Wayne Medeiros; Clint Hendrix, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees, and Calvin Thames, et al., Intervenor Plaintiffs, Calvin Thames, et al., Intervenor Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees, v. The CITY OF HOUSTON, Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant. Philip E. Daley; Tiera Angelle Leger; Richard Wayne Medeiros; Clint Hendrix, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees, v. City of Houston, Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 14, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vincent Lee Marable, III (argued), Paul Webb, Wharton, TX, E. Troy Blakeney, Jr., Houston, TX, for Daley, Leger, Medeiros, Hendrix and Thames.

John E. Fisher, Sr. Asst. City Atty. (argued), Legal Dept., Carole Snyder (argued), Houston, TX, for City of Houston.

Before KING, Chief Judge, BARKSDALE, Circuit Judge, and NOWLIN, District Judge.


KING, Chief Judge:

In district court, Plaintiffs-Appellants asserted claims against Defendant-Appellee, the City of Houston, for overtime compensation pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act, and they now appeal from the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the City. The City cross-appeals from, among other things, the district court's award of attorney's fees in a related case that was consolidated with this case. For the following reasons, we...

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