Fair Labor Standards Act

Looks like an interesting case — whether a tribe is liable for violating the Fair Labor Standards Act in allegedly failing to properly pay overtime wages in a TANF program run by the tribal government (the answer is no).

Here are the materials in Noriega v. Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indian Tribe (C.D. Cal.):

DCT Order to Dismiss Noriega Complaint

Torres Martinez Tribe Motion to Dismiss

Noriega Opposition

Torres Martinez Reply

Solis v. Matheson — FLSA Applies to On-Reservation, Tribal Member Owned Business

April 21, 2009Matthew L.M. Fletcher2 Comments

Here is the opinion from the Ninth Circuit. And the briefs:

matheson-appellant-brief

secretary-of-labor-brief

matheson-reply-brief

Chao v. Spokane Tribe Materials

October 6, 2008Matthew L.M. Fletcher

See our earlier post on the W.D. Wash. decision not to quash an administrative subpoena in a FLSA investigation against the Spokane Tribe’s gaming operations. Here are the rest of the materials:

dol-motion-to-enforce-subpoena

spokane-motion-to-quash

dol-reply-brief

R&R

dol-objections

spokane-response-to-dol-objections

DCT Opinion