Auer v. Robbins
Auer v. Robbins, 519 U.S. 452 (1997), is a United States Supreme Court case that concerns the standard that the Court should apply when it reviews an executive department's interpretation of regulations established under federal legislation. The specific issue was whether sergeants and lieutenants in the St. Louis Police Department should be paid for working overtime. The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 established the overtime pay requirement, and the US Department of Labor issued regulations to determine if an employee was covered by the overtime requirement.
| Auer v. Robbins | |
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Supreme Court of the United States | |
| Argued December 10, 1996 Decided February 19, 1997 | |
| Full case name | Francis Bernard Auer, et al., Petitioners v. David A. Robbins, et al. |
| Citations | 519 U.S. 452 (more) |
| Argument | Oral argument |
| Case history | |
| Prior | 65 F.3d 702 (8th Cir. 1995); cert. granted, 518 U.S. 1016 (1996). |
| Holding | |
| Sergeants and lieutenants are exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act. Agencies have a high level of deference in interpreting their own regulations. | |
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| Majority | Scalia, joined by unanimous |
| Laws applied | |
| Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 | |
| Administrative law of the United States |
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| Judicial review of agency action |
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The Court held that it should defer to the Secretary of Labor's interpretation of the regulations.
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