KASTEN v. SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORP.

No. 09-834.

131 S.Ct. 1325 (2011)

563 U.S. 1

Kevin KASTEN, Petitioner, v. SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATION.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 22, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Kaster , Minneapolis, MN, for Petitioner.

Jeffrey B. Wall , for United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the Petitioner.

Carter G. Phillips , Washington, DC, for Respondent.

James H. Kaster , Adrianna Haugen Shannon , Nichols Kaster, PLLP, Minneapolis, MN, Eric Schnapper , Seattle, WA, for Petitioner.

Jeffrey A. McIntyre , Thomas P. Godar , Barbara J. Zabawa , Whyte, Hirschboeck, Dudek S.C., Madison, WI, Carter G. Phillips , Eric D. McArthur , Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC, for Respondent.


Justice BREYER delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938(Act) sets forth employment rules concerning minimum wages, maximum hours, and overtime pay. 52 Stat. 1060, 29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq. The Act contains an antiretaliation provision that forbids employers

"to discharge or in any other manner discriminate against any employee because such employee has filed any complaint or instituted or caused to be instituted...

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