Mitchell v. Mercer Water Co.

The questions presented are (1) whether operating, maintenance and clerical employees employed interchangeably by a gas company and a water company, which furnish gas and water to industrial concerns for use in manufacturing products for interstate commerce and receive gas flowing from out of the State, are engaged “in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce” within the meaning of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, 1 and (2) whether such gas company or water company, operating as a public utility under the Public Utility Law of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 2 is…