# Huff v. DeKalb County, Ga.

> Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · February 15, 2008 · 516 F.3d 1273

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9416104

## Case

- **Full name:** Sheryl L. HUFF, R. Scott Huff, Et Al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. DEKALB COUNTY, GEORGIA, Defendant-Appellee, David A. Foster, Individually and Officially in His Capacity as Fire Chief of the DeKalb County Fire & Rescue Services, Defendant
- **Court:** Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- **Decided:** February 15, 2008
- **Citations:** 516 F.3d 1273; 13 Wage & Hour Cas.2d (BNA) 449; 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 3224; 2008 WL 398799
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Anderson
- **Judges:** Tjoflat, Anderson, Cox
- **Cited by:** 45 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- finding “cross-trained firefighter/paramedics” had forward-looking responsibility to engage in fire suppression because they possessed advanced training, were regularly dispatched to fire emergencies, and could be disciplined if they refused to do so
- explaining that “§ 207(k) is part of the general FLSA overtime rule itself” and holding that the defendants had “properly raised [a] § 207(k) argument at the summary judgment stage and were not required to do so in their answer”
- concluding that a newly provided statutory definition appropriately rendered a regulatory definition obsolete
- noting that “[t]his “responsibility” is a forward-looking, affirmative duty or obligation that an employee may have at some point in the future”

## Opinion text

ANDERSON, Circuit Judge,
concurring:
I join the opinion for the court fully. I make only this additional comment. It does seem to me that the statute is not unambiguous. Thus, if there were a reasonable administrative regulation, to which a court would owe deference, I would defer (even if the result were different from that which we reach in this opinion).

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