Drinkwitz v. Alliant Techsystems, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that the employer has the burden of proving exempt status
• noting State’s long history of protecting employees’ rights and the legislature’s concern for the welfare of Washington’s work force
• Washington courts are not bound by FLSA case law when interpreting the MWA
• \[T]he MWA and FLSA are not identical and we are not bound by such authority.\
• “[T]he MWA and FLSA are not identical and we are not bound by such authority.”
• “[T]he MWA and FLSA are not identical and we are not bound by such authority.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

75 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Hisle v. Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp.
  Washington Supreme Court· 2004-06-24· cited 278×
• Alvarez v. IBP, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 2003-08-05· cited 206×
• Bostain v. Food Exp., Inc.
  Washington Supreme Court· 2007-03-01· cited 171×
• Bostain v. Food Express, Inc.
  Washington Supreme Court· 2007-03-01· cited 164×
• Anfinson v. FedEx Ground Package System, Inc.
  Washington Supreme Court· 2012-07-19· cited 162×
• Cerrillo v. Esparza
  Washington Supreme Court· 2006-08-31· cited 160×
• Berrocal v. Fernandez
  Washington Supreme Court· 2005-10-13· cited 140×
• Drinkwitz v. Alliant Techsystems, Inc.
  Washington Supreme Court· 2000-04-06· cited 107×
• International Ass'n of Fire Fighters, Local 46 v. City of Everett
  Washington Supreme Court· 2002-03-28· cited 107×
• Silverstreak, Inc. v. STATE DEPT. OF LABOR
  Washington Supreme Court· 2007-03-29· cited 104×
• Silverstreak, Inc. v. Department of Labor & Industries
  Washington Supreme Court· 2007-03-29· cited 103×
• King County v. Sheehan
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2002-11-12· cited 66×
• Champagne v. Thurston County
  Washington Supreme Court· 2008-02-14· cited 46×
• Walston v. Boeing Co.
  Washington Supreme Court· 2014-09-18· cited 46×
• Inniss v. Tandy Corp.
  Washington Supreme Court· 2000-08-31· cited 43×
• Jay Webster Janet Webster, Husband and Wife and the Marital Communitycomposed Thereof v. Public School Employees of Washington, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 2001-04-18· cited 40×
• Martinez-Cuevas v. DeRuyter Bros. Dairy, Inc.
  Washington Supreme Court· 2020-11-05· cited 38×
• Fiore v. PPG Industries, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2012-07-02· cited 34×
• Anfinson v. FedEx Ground Package System, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2010-12-20· cited 30×
• Strain v. West Travel, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2003-06-09· cited 28×

Cites

24 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Auer v. Robbins
  Supreme Court· 1997-02-19· cited 2,686×
• Marquis v. City of Spokane
  Washington Supreme Court· 1996-09-05· cited 245×
• Xieng v. Peoples National Bank
  Washington Supreme Court· 1993-01-21· cited 133×
• White v. State
  Washington Supreme Court· 1997-01-09· cited 125×
• Abshire v. County of Kern
  Ninth Circuit· 1990-07-11· cited 113×
• Chelan County Deputy Sheriffs' Ass'n v. County of Chelan
  Washington Supreme Court· 1987-11-05· cited 100×
• Martini v. Boeing Co.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1999-02-11· cited 87×
• William E. Brock, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor v. The Claridge Hotel and Casino
  Third Circuit· 1988-06-01· cited 83×
• Hash v. Children's Orthopedic Hospital & Medical Center
  Washington Supreme Court· 1988-10-04· cited 75×
• Weeks v. Chief of Washington State Patrol
  Washington Supreme Court· 1982-01-15· cited 51×
• Thomas v. County of Fairfax, Va.
  E.D. Virginia· 1991-02-27· cited 46×
• Knecht v. City of Redwood City
  N.D. California· 1987-05-29· cited 35×
• Davis v. City of Hollywood
  Eleventh Circuit· 1997-08-29· cited 32×
• John J. Hilbert, Jr. v. District of Columbia, a Municipal Corporation
  D.C. Circuit· 1994-05-17· cited 26×
• Banks v. City of North Little Rock
  E.D. Arkansas· 1988-08-02· cited 26×
• No Ka Oi Corp. v. National 60 Minute Tune, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1993-12-06· cited 23×
• Tift v. Professional Nursing Services, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1995-03-01· cited 23×
• Fleming v. Smith
  Washington Supreme Court· 1964-04-09· cited 18×
• Boykin v. Boeing Co.
  Ninth Circuit· 1997-10-23· cited 16×
• Doctors Hospital, Inc. v. Luis Silva Recio, Secretary of Labor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
  First Circuit· 1977-06-21· cited 15×