HEITMANN v. CITY OF CHICAGO, ILL.

No. 08-1555.

560 F.3d 642 (2009)

Hans G. HEITMANN, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CITY OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 25, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Geiger (argued), Mary A. Pohl, Pohl & Associates, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Mara S. Georges, Myriam Z. Kasper, Office of the Corporation Counsel, Appeals Div., Nadine J. Wichern (argued), City of Chicago Law Department, Chicago, IL for Defendant-Appellant.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and ROVNER and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.

State and local governments are entitled to offer compensatory time off in lieu of overtime pay, if employees agree to this procedure. 29 U.S.C. § 207(o). See Christensen v. Harris County, 529 U.S. 576, 120 S.Ct. 1655, 146 L.Ed.2d 621 (2000). With the assent of the police officers' union, Chicago has implemented a comp-time program. In this suit, some of the officers who have accumulated...

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