Legal Opinion
Gerdert v. Certified Poultry & Egg Co.
District Court, S.D. Florida
Decided April 29, 1941No. 185-M CivilPublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALLER, District Judge.
The question involved -is whether or not a wholesale merchant, who acquires the vast proportion of his merchandise in other states but who sells no goods outside the State of Florida, is engaged in interstate commerce so as to bring his employees under the provisions of the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C.A. § 201 et seq.
Without doubt, Congress had the pozver to regulate purely local transactions that injuriously affect interstate commerce or the free flow of goods in interstate commerce. See United States v. Darby, 61 S. Ct. 451, 85 L.Ed.-.
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2Cases cited25 opinions
- A. L. A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- United States v. DarbySupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Swift & Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Stafford v. WallaceSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Brown v. HoustonSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Walling v. Goldblatt Bros.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1942
- Brosious v. Pepsi-Cola Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1946
- Nichols & Co. v. Secretary of AgricultureCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1942
- Walling v. Consumers Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1945
- Thompson v. DaughertyDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1941
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