Roosevelt Watkins v. The City of Montgomery, Alabama

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• explaining that district court abuses its discretion in failing to give a requested jury instruction only when such failure resulted in prejudicial harm to the requesting party
• explaining that district court abuses its discretion in failing to give a requested jury instruction only when such failure resulted in prejudicial harm to the requesting party
• relying on the DOL’s preamble regarding the implementation of this provision in 29 C.F.R. § 541.602(b)(5). See Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales and Computer Employees, 69 Fed. Reg. 22122-01 (April 23, 2004)
• “[W]e may affirm a district court’s decision to grant or deny a motion for any reason supported by the record.”
• “We acknowledge that the question of whether pay deductions for exempt employees are permissible under the FLSA can present a question of law that falls outside the province of the jury. But that is not necessarily the case, and it was not the situation here.”

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