Wingate v. General Auto Parts Co.

OTIS, District Judge.

This case was removed from the state court upon the petition of the defendant. Plaintiff in that court, it was a justice of the peace court in Jackson County, Missouri, had brought suit against the defendant under the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C.A. § 201 et seq., for the amount of $271.86 as claimed compensation due him, for a penalty in the same amount, and for an attorney’s fee, the total prayed for being far less than $3,000. In this court the plaintiff has filed a motion to remand.

This is a case which arises under one of the laws of the United States. Section…