“[I]n instances in which employees exercise their private enforcement rights under section 16(b) of the Fair Labor Standards Act ( 29 U.S.C. s 216 (b)), prevail, and are awarded back pay and liquidated damages, pre-judgment interest has been generally held not to be available.”
How later courts described this case
- “[I]n instances in which employees exercise their private enforcement rights under section 16(b) of the Fair Labor Standards Act ( 29 U.S.C. s 216 (b)), prevail, and are awarded back pay and liquidated damages, pre-judgment interest has been generally held not to be available.”
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
618 F.2d 101
29 Fair Empl.Prac.Cas. 1472 ,
22 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 30,702
Marshall
v.
Board of Education of Baltimore County
79-1341
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS Fourth Circuit
2/19/80
D.Md., 470 F.Supp. 517
AFFIRMED