James P. Mitchell, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor v. Hooper Equipment Company, Inc.

JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.

The question here is whether persons engaged in mining rock from quarries belonging to a company which then processes the rock into aggregate or premixed cement for delivery in substantial quantities to contractors engaged in construction of major facilities of interstate commerce are covered under the Fair Labor Standards Act? 29 U.S.C.A. § 201 et seq. The District Court held that such activities were too remote, that is, not a closely related process or occupation directly essential to the production of goods for commerce. We disagree and reverse.

To demonstrate…