Opinion

Raper v. State

  • 688 N.W.2d 29
  • 10 Wage & Hour Cas.2d (BNA) 76
  • 2004 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 277
  • 2004 WL 2238660
Court
Supreme Court of Iowa
Filed
Oct 6, 2004
Status
Published
Author
Carter
On the bench
Wiggins, Carter, Streit, Cady
Cited by
45 cases

affirming lower court’s holding that sergeants are exempt executives where their duties overlap with those of subordinates, but there are also distinct duties for which they are solely responsible

How later courts described this case

  • affirming lower court’s holding that sergeants are exempt executives where their duties overlap with those of subordinates, but there are also distinct duties for which they are solely responsible
  • police officers spent most of their meal time discussing patrol business and were required to remain visible and available to the pub- lic
  • “Although these sergeants emphasize the percentage of time they spend performing regular trooper duties as compared to the time they spend performing supervisory functions, this is not the determinative factor in the court’s analysis.”
  • analyzing work by media relations officer

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

CARTER, Justice

(concurring in part and dissenting in part).

I would affirm the judgment of the district court in its entirety.

STREIT, J., joins this concurrence in part and dissent in part.

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