Arnold v. Ben Kanowsky, Inc.

Mr. .Chief Justice Warren

delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case concerns the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 exempting from wages-and-hours coverage certain retail sales and service establishments.1 The suit was brought by petitioner individually under § 16 (b) of the Act for payment of overtime wages claimed under § 7. The Court' of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed a District Com t iudgment for petitioner2 and we granted certiorari, 359 U. S. 983. The proceedings in this Court are in forma pauperis, loth sides submitted on *390their briefs, and oral argument was…