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Nature of Suit Code: 710
Nature of Suit: Fair Labor Standards Act
Cause of Action: 

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United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 04-1790 

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Jerry Guyton; Mark Ebner; Wayne *

Guyton; Dale Brown; Garry Krueger; *

Randy Rhodes, on behalf of themselves *

and all others similarly situated, *

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Appellants, * Appeal from the United States

* District Court for the

v. * District of Minnesota. 

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The Schwan Food Company, Inc.; * [UNPUBLISHED] 

Schwan’s Home Service, Inc.; * 

Schwan’s Sales Enterprises, Inc., *

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Appellees. *

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Submitted: December 17, 2004

 Filed: February 7, 2005

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Before WOLLMAN, MAGILL, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Plaintiffs-Appellants Jerry Guyton, Mark Ebner, Wayne Guyton, Dale Brown,

Garry Krueger, and Randy Rhodes, sales managers for Schwan’s Home Service, Inc.,

a subsidiary of The Schwan Food Company, Inc. (collectively “Schwan”), appeal the

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The Honorable Donovan W. Frank, United States District Judge for the

District of Minnesota.

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district court’s1

 adverse grant of summary judgment in their action seeking overtime

pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) for time worked over forty hours

per week. See 29 U.S.C. § 207(a)(1). The district court granted summary judgment

to Schwan on the basis that sales managers are exempt from overtime pay under the

Motor Carrier Act exemption to the FLSA. See id. § 213(b)(1); 29 C.F.R. § 782.2(a).

Specifically, the district court found that (1) Schwan’s “fixed and persisting intent at

the time of shipment” is to transport property in interstate commerce, Roberts v.

Levine, 921 F.2d 804, 813 (8th Cir. 1990), and (2) sales managers are called upon to

perform safety-affecting activities “from time to time,” 29 C.F.R. § 782.2(b)(3). 

Having carefully reviewed the parties’ briefs, the record, and the applicable

law, we conclude that this case is directly controlled by Roberts and that the district

court properly granted summary judgment to Schwan. Because we have nothing to

add to the district court’s explanation, we affirm on the basis of the district court’s

memorandum and order. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

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