Maitrejean v. Metcalfe Construction Co.

RIDDICK, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment dismissing an action for overtime compensation, liquidated damages, attorney’s fees, and costs under the provisions of section 16(b) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, 29 U.S.C.A. § 216(b).

During the time of appellant’s employment the appellees were engaged in a joint enterprise under a cost-plus-a-fixed-fee contract with the Government in the construction of various warehouses, barracks, mess halls, garages, airport hangars, and air strips in Alaska at points along and adjacent to the Alcan Highway from Fairbanks, Alaska, to a…