Legal Opinion
James D. Hodgson, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor v. Odus Wittenburg, D/B/A Wittenburg Livestock Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 22, 1972No. 71-2654PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge:
This appeal turns on the question whether employees who work in a facility used primarily for receiving, weighing, and holding livestock for resale are “employed in agriculture”; the employees perform some agricultural labor.
The Secretary of Labor brings this action under Section 17 of the Fair Labor Standards Act. 1 He seeks to enjoin Odus Wittenburg, the defendant-appellee, from violating the Act’s minimum wage, overtime, record-keeping, and child-labor provisions, and to restrain Wittenburg from continuing to withhold unpaid wages due the employees at the San Angelo…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Farmers Reservoir & Irrigation Co. v. McCombSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Bowie v. GonzalezCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1941
- Telefilm, Inc. v. Superior CourtSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Calaf v. GonzalezCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1942
- W. Willard Wirtz, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor v. Mississippi Publishers CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Doris L. Gossett v. Du-Ra-Kel Corporation, D/B/A Swanee's Motel, and Duane v. Swanson, IndividuallyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Richard D. Skipper v. Superior Dairies, Inc., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Roebuck v. Hudson Valley Farms, Inc.District Court, N.D. New York · 2002
- Peter J. Brennan, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor v. Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida and Robert LeeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Peter J. Brennan, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor v. Six Flags Over Georgia, Ltd., and Great Southwest Atlanta Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
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