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RODRIGUEZ v. PUERTO RICO FEDERAL AFFAIRS ADMIN.

No. 05-7029.

435 F.3d 378 (2006)

Emma RODRIGUEZ, Individually and on Behalf of Others Similarly Situated, Appellee v. PUERTO RICO FEDERAL AFFAIRS ADMINISTRATION, and Individual Defendants, et al., Appellants United States of America, Intervenor.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided February 3, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard H. Pildes argued the cause for appellants. On the briefs were Lawrence I. Kiern and Gene C. Schaerr. Eric P. Gotting entered an appearance.

Dan Getman argued the cause and filed the brief for appellee.

Scott R. McIntosh, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for intervenor. With him on the brief were Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Gregory G. Katsas, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Mark B. Stern, Appellate Litigation Counsel, Allen H. Feldman, Associate Deputy Solicitor, U.S. Department of Labor, Nathaniel I. Spiller, Senior Counselor, and Edward D. Sieger, Senior Attorney. Kenneth L. Wainstein, U.S. Attorney, entered an appearance.

Before: TATEL and GARLAND, Circuit Judges, and EDWARDS, Senior Circuit Judge.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge TATEL.

TATEL, Circuit Judge.

The issue presented arises from the intersection of the Puerto Rican Federal Relations Act (FRA), the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), and principles of state sovereign immunity as set forth in two Supreme Court decisions: Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida, 517 U.S. 44, 116 S.Ct. 1114, 134 L.Ed.2d 252...

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