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IN RE FAMILY DOLLAR FLSA LITIGATION

No. 09-2029.

637 F.3d 508 (2011)

In re FAMILY DOLLAR FLSA LITIGATION. Irene Grace; Sharron Daugherty; John A. Gertken; Dusty G. Hylton; Lasandra B. Rose; Phillis Fancher; Jodi Hare; Angela J. Cooper; Melvin Cathey; Mark Clark; John E. Gersch; Margie A. Little; Vicki Brown Guy; Brenda Kay Russell, a/k/a Brenda K. Russell-Stain; Barbara G. Brown; Marcella San Giorgio; Brian K. Backlund; James Manos; Arlene Atkins; Tracy Kloppe; Sandra Carney; Catherine M. Dawson; Alfred Blair; Ethel Braswell; Sharon Cantrell; Judy Carver; Erica L. Lewis; Michael M. McCoy; Brenda Endlsey Romines; Eddie Mae Smith; Khiallah Solomon; Iva Vanetta Tate; William K. Tedder; Natasha Ledyard; Donna Gail Davis; Veronica Taylor; Nannie Sue Daniels; Tanya Lakitsha Warren, a/k/a Tanya Warren-Thomas; Sandra Diane Rhinehart; Monica Jennifer Dance; Jennifer K. Leonard; Betty J. Dearmon; Jimmy Earl Gilbert; Susan Brown; Mary Defoor; Todd Hargrove; Jewel Ray Belford; Gwen Sinns; Robby Quinton; Tara Y. Jahateh; Tammie Brunson; Brenda Louise Bilbrey; Tammy Asher; Nancy Burnette; Sharon Phillips Bell; Amanda Echols; Clair W. Trost, Sr.; Austin S. Mudenda; Nancy Smith; John Morrison; Dorothy L. Evans; Joanne K. Mullins-Swain; Donna Sanchez, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Family Dollar Stores, Incorporated, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: March 22, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Robert L. Wiggins, Jr. , Wiggins, Childs, Quinn & Pantazis, PC, Birmingham, Alabama, for Appellants. Robert Allen Long, Jr. , Covington & Burling, LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Gregory O. Wiggins , Wiggins, Childs, Quinn & Pantazis, PC, Birmingham, Alabama; Robert E. DeRose , Katherine A. Stone , Barkan Neff Handelman Meizlish, LLP, Columbus, Ohio; Gregory L. Jones , Greg Jones & Associates, PA, Wilmington, North Carolina, for Appellants. Mark W. Mosier , Covington & Burling, LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellee.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge NIEMEYER wrote the opinion, in which Judge KING and Senior Judge DUFFY joined.

OPINION

NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:

Irene Grace, a former store manager for Family Dollar Stores, Inc., who worked 50-65 hours per week and was paid a fixed salary plus bonus, commenced this action against Family Dollar under the Fair Labor Standards Act for overtime wages. While Family Dollar treated Grace as an executive exempt from overtime pay requirements under 29 U.S.C. § 213(a)(1), Grace argues that she was not subject to this exemption because...

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