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Bаckgrоund: Encinо Mоtorcаrs owned а Mercedes-Benz dealership in California. Encino employed service advisors whose duties included listening to customer concerns about their vehicles, suggesting repair and maintenance services, selling new accessories or parts, recording service orders, following up with customers as the services were performed, and explaining all the work performed. Some of Encino’s service advisors, including Hector Navarro, filed a suit in a federal district court against Encino, alleging the dealership violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) by failing to pay them overtime. Encino argued that the FLSA’s exemption from the overtime-pay requirement applied to Navarro and its other service advisors. The federal trial court dismissed the case, agreeing with Encino, and Navarro appealed to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, who reversed the trial court decision. Encino then appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, and an excerpt of their decision appears below. Encino Motorcars LLC v. Navarro United States Supreme Court 584 US _____ (2018) Justice Thomas: The FLSA exempts from its overtime-pay requirement “any salesman, partsman, or mechanic primarily engaged in selling or servicing automobiles, trucks, or farm implements, if he is employed by a nonmanufacturing establishment primarily engaged in the business of selling such vehicles or implements to ultimate purchasers.” 29 U.S.C 201, section 213(b)(10)(A). The parties agree that petitioner is a “nonmanufacturing establishment primarily engaged in the business of selling [automobiles] to ultimate purchasers.” The parties also agree that a service advisor is not a “partsman” or “mechanic,” and that a service advisor is not “primarily engaged . . . in selling automobiles.” The question, then, is whether service advisors are “salesm[e]n . . . primarily engaged in . . . servicing automobiles.” We conclude that they are… A service advisor is obviously a “salesman.” The term “salesman” is not defined in the statute, so “we give the term its ordinary meaning…” The ordinary meaning of “salesman” is someone who sells goods or services... Service advisors are also “primarily engaged in . . . servicing automobiles.” The word “servicing” in this context can mean either the action of maintaining or repairing a motor vehicle or [t]he action of providing a service. Service advisors satisfy both definitions. Service advisors are integral to the servicing process. If you ask the average customer who services his car, the primary, and perhaps only, person he is likely to identify is his service advisor. True, service advisors do not spend most of their time physically repairing automobiles. But the statutory language is not so constrained. All agree that partsmen, for example, are “primarily engaged in . . . servicing automobiles.” But partsmen, like service advisors, do not spend most of their time under the hood. Instead, they obtain the vehicle parts . . . and provide those parts to the mechanics. In other words, the phrase “primarily engaged in . . . servicing automobiles” must include some individuals who do not physically repair automobiles themselves but who are integrally involved in the servicing process. That description applies to partsmen and service advisors alike. In sum, we conclude that service advisors are exempt from the overtime-pay requirement of the FLSA because they are “salesm[e]n . . . primarily engaged in . . . servicing automobiles.” Accordingly, we reverse the judgment of the Court of Appeals and remand the case for further proceedings consistent with this opinion. (2 points) Issue: What is the issue? (Remember to write the issue statement in the form of a question.) (2 points) Rules: What rules of law does the Court use to arrive at a conclusion to the issue question above? (6 points) Application: Spend at least 3-4 sentences explaining how the Court applies the above rule(s) to this case. (2 points) Conclusion/Holding: What is the conclusion/holding (meaning how does the Court answer the issue question)? (Remember this is the part of the opinion that becomes binding on all future cases.)