Cullum v. Stevens

JAMES CLIFTON WILSON, District Judge.

This is another Wage and Hour case, under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, 29 U.S.C.A. § 201 et seq. They are becoming so numerous, with questions still undecided by the Supreme Court, it is getting burdensome to write opinions in each case with a view of making them understandable to strangers to them.

The question is here squarely raised, whether the Act applies where the employee was actually producing goods for commerce, as defined by the Act, while he and his employer were wholly unaware of that fact. Such is admittedly true. They did not know the…