United States Cartridge Co. v. Powell

COLLET, Circuit Judge.

This cause is now before us on remand from the Supreme Court. It is an action brought by a group of 59 plaintiffs, who were employed during World War II at the St. Louis ordnance plant, to recover overtime compensation, liquidated damages, attorneys’ fees, and costs, under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amend-ed, 2g U S C-A_ § 201 et seq. The trial ’ , , „ ¿ . . , , court found all of the issues -in favor of , . ,. „ , . . . , plaintiffs and entered a judgment aggregat. . r mg $246,251.44 (twice the amount of over-.. , . ,, , ,, , time claimed), plus $24,625 as…