Legal Opinion
Rafael E. Bennett v. The Panama Canal Company
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided January 31, 1973No. 71-1522PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WYZANSKI, Senior District Judge.
This is a class action brought on behalf of approximately 800 linehandlers employed by Panama Canal Company. Appellants complain that appellee did not pay them wages at the level required by 5 U.S.C. § 5342(b), which they say directs that all “vessel employees” of appellee be paid in accordance with wage practices of the maritime industry. Appellants seek as relief three years of back wages and an injunction ordering that hereafter wages be paid at the statutory rate.
The District Court, Gesell J., in a characteristically able and pithy opinion, (see Learned…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Panama Canal Co. v. Grace Line, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Farmers & Merchants Bank of Monroe v. Federal Reserve Bank of RichmondSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- John Reiner & Company, Individually and to the Use of Kurz & Root Company (Incorporated) v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1963
- Walter A. Reinheimer v. The Panama Canal CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- United States v. Tapor-Ideal Dairy CompanyDistrict Court, N.D. Ohio · 1959
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