Fife v. Harmon

Appeals from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. Submitted: November 12, 1998 In this Fair Labor Standards Act ("" FLSA"") case, plaintiffs are Airfield Operation Specialists ("" AOSs"") at the Lambert-St. Louis International Airport who claim that the City of St. Louis violated FLSA by failing to pay them at time-and-one-half rates for hours worked in excess of forty per week. See 29 U.S.C. § 207(a). The City asserts that the AOSs are executive, administrative, or professional employees exempt from the overtime compensation requirements of § 207(a). See 29 U.S.C. § 213(a)(1). The district court initially granted summary judgment in favor of plaintiffs, concluding the City was collaterally estopped to assert this defense by an earlier decision of the Missouri State Board of Mediation. The City appealed, and we reversed. See Fife v. Bosley, 100 F.3d 87 (8th Cir. 1996). On remand, the district court granted plaintiffs' renewed motion for summary judgment. Defendants again1 appeal. Concluding the summary judgment record reveals disputed issues of material fact, we reverse and remand for trial. See Caviness v. Nucor-Yamato Steel Co., 105 F.3d 1216, 1223 (8 Cir. 1997) (standard of review).