Pliner v. Nesvig

STONE, District Judge.

In this action, plaintiffs, twenty-four in number, seek to recover from the defendants unpaid minimum wages and unpaid overtime compensation in the sum of $6,951.73, and an additional equal amount as liquidated damages pursuant to section 16(b) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C.A. § 206 et seq.)

The complaint alleges that the corporate defendant and the four individual defendants, doing business as partners, are all engaged in “the wholesale distribution in interstate commerce” of various food stuffs, including fresh meat, meat products, sea foods, fowl…