Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Town of Sunnyvale v. Mayhew

Town of Sunnyvale v. Mayhew, 498 U.S. 1087 (1991)

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1991-02-19
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • holding defendant entitled to summary judgment if he establishes that one element of the plaintiffs cause of action does not exist
  • noting that, in order to establish good faith, a defendant must "prove that it had an honest intention to ascertain what the [FLSA] requires and to act in accordance with it."
  • presumption of validity usually afforded governmental decisions cannot be used to affirmatively sustain movant's summary judgment burden when attacking constitutionality of zoning ordinances
  • applying FLSA to county probation and child protection services

Citator

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