William Biggs Sam Stephens Marty Cohen, Plaintiffs/cross-Appellees-Cross-Appellants. v. Pete Wilson, Governor Kathleen Brown Gray Davis, Defendants/cross-Appellants-Cross-Appellees

2 F.3d 1156 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. William BIGGS; Sam Stephens; Marty Cohen, et al., Plaintiffs/Cross-Appellees-Cross-Appellants. v. Pete WILSON, Governor; Kathleen Brown; Gray Davis, Defendants/Cross-Appellants-Cross-Appellees. Nos. 92-15334, 92-15936. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 11, 1993. Decided Aug. 12, 1993. Before: REINHARDT, TROTT and RYMER, Circuit Judges. 1 * This appeal presents issues arising from a dispute originating in the 1991 budget crisis in California. 1 Plaintiffs William Biggs and five other named plaintiffs, representing a class of highway maintenance workers employed by the state of California's Department of Transportation (collectively "Biggs"), sued the Governor, Treasurer, Controller, and Transportation Director of California (collectively "Wilson") under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA"), 29 U.S.C. Sec. 201-219 (1988). Biggs alleged the failure to pay the…