Faludi v. U.S. Shale Solutions, LLC, No. 17-20808 (5th Cir. 2019)
Annotate this CasePlaintiff filed suit against defendant under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), seeking to recover unpaid overtime wages. The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment for defendant because plaintiff was exempt from the FLSA. In this case, plaintiff fit within the highly compensated employee exemption to the FLSA. However, the court vacated the award of costs because the district court did not state its reasons for declining to award costs to the prevailing party. Accordingly, the court remanded the issue to the district court.
The court issued a subsequent related opinion or order on August 22, 2019.
The court issued a subsequent related opinion or order on February 14, 2020.
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