Legal Opinion
Chao v. Gotham Registry, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 24, 2008No. Docket 06-2432-cvPublishedCited by 100 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judge JACOBS concurs in a separate opinion.
Chief Judge JACOBS concurs in a separate opinion.
*283CARD AMONE, Circuit Judge:
In 1937 America was in the depths of a depression and employment was scarce. President Franklin Roosevelt introduced a measure to address this problem in a bill that became the Fair Labor Standards Act. The bill aimed to raise the pay of the underpaid and reduce the hours of the overworked or, as stated in the Presidential message accompanying the proposed legislation, to obtain “a fair day’s pay for a fair day’s work.” 81 Cong. Rec. 4983 (1937) (message of President…
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