Auer v. Robbins
1997 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Auer v. Robbins, 519 U.S. 452 (1997), is a United States Supreme Court case that concerns the standard that the Court should apply when it reviews an executive department's interpretation of regulations established under federal legislation. The specific issue was whether sergeants and lieutenants in the St. Louis Police Department should be paid for working overtime. The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 established the overtime pay requirement, and the US Department of Labor issued regulations to determine if an employee was covered by the overtime requirement.
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Argued December 10, 1996 Decided February 19, 1997 | |
Full case name | Francis Bernard Auer, et al., Petitioners v. David A. Robbins, et al. |
Citations | 519 U.S. 452 (more) 117 S. Ct. 905; 137 L. Ed. 2d 79; 1997 U.S. LEXIS 1272; 65 U.S.L.W. 4136; 133 Lab. Cas. (CCH) ¶ 33,490; 97 Cal. Daily Op. Service 1157; 97 Daily Journal DAR 1673; 10 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 284 |
Argument | Oral argument |
Case history | |
Prior | 65 F.3d 702 (8th Cir. 1995); cert. granted, 518 U.S. 1016 (1996). |
Holding | |
Sergeants and lieutenants are exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act. Agencies have a high level of deference in interpreting their own regulations. | |
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Case opinion | |
Majority | Scalia, joined by unanimous |
Laws applied | |
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 |
The Court held that it should defer to the Secretary of Labor's interpretation of the regulations.