Escobedo v. Ace Gathering

  1. September 30, 2024

    Split 5th Circ. Rejects Oil Worker's Rehearing Bid In OT Row

    The full Fifth Circuit declined Monday to rethink its decision that a crude oil hauler isn't owed overtime because she plays a role in an interstate trip and thus falls under a Fair Labor Standards Act exemption, despite a dissent saying the court drifted too far from the law.

  2. August 14, 2024

    Crude Oil Worker Asks Full 5th Circ. To Rehear OT Suit

    A crude oil hauler said a Fifth Circuit panel overlooked the Motor Carrier Act's text and instead relied on a "morass of confusing tests" when it ruled she was overtime-exempt, urging the full appeals court to step in.

  3. August 01, 2024

    5th Circ. Says Oil Crossing State Lines Made Work Interstate

    The crude oil that a worker transported travels outside of Texas and thus is part of an interstate trip, the Fifth Circuit ruled, flipping a district court's decision that the Motor Carrier Act exemption didn't apply to a transporter who sought unpaid overtime.