Authorities Cited: United States Code 29 U.S.C. § 2612(c) 29 U.S.C. § 2615(a)(1) 29 U.S.C. § 2615(a)(2) 29 U.S.C. § 2617(a)(3) Code of Federal Regulations 29 C.F.R. § 825.214(b) Supreme Court 450 U.S. 346 523 U.S. 340, 347 532 U.S. 598, 604-605 535 U.S. 81, 89 Circuit Courts 659 F.2d 784, 786 665 F.2d 149, 165 810 F.2d 1094, 1098 977 F.2d 270, 276 985 F.2d 649, 652 27 F.3d 316, 318-319 154 F.3d 641, 643-644 162 F.3d 1187, 1190 165 F.3d 554, 557-558 220 F.3d 495, 500-501 239 F.3d 1199, 1205 240 F.3d 1268, 1277-1278 298 F.3d 955, 965-966 324 F.3d 851, 865-866 429 F.3d 325, 332 438 F.3d 763, 771 456 F.3d 704, 714 487 F.3d 506, 512 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Fed. R. Civ. P. 50(a) Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(a) Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(c) 14 F. Supp. 2d 1055, 1057 18 F. Supp. 2d 799 237 F. Supp. 2d 962, 969 957 F. Supp. 1274, 1275 960 F. Supp. 218, 219 968 F. Supp. 288, 292-293