Legal Opinion

Donovan v. Tony & Susan Alamo Foundation

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided December 5, 1983No. Nos. 83-1463, 82-2549PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DUMBAULD, Senior District Judge.

The questions in this case are whether the Fair Labor Standards Act and its minimum wage, overtime, and record-keeping provisions (29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.), properly construed, apply to certain persons engaged in working for a religious organization, and *399whether, if so, such application conflicts with the religious guarantees of the First Amendment. We answer the first question affirmatively, the second in the negative.

The Secretary of Labor, under 29 U.S.C. 217, brought an action against appellants the Tony and Susan Alamo Foundation, a California corporation,…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Cantwell v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  2. Lemon v. KurtzmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  3. Anderson v. Mt. Clemens Pottery Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946
  4. Everson v. Board of Ed. of EwingSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  5. Abington School Dist. v. SchemppSupreme Court of the United States · 1963

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Medlock v. MedlockNebraska Supreme Court · 2002
  2. Donovan v. Tony and Susan Alamo FoundationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1984
  3. Wagner v. Salvation ArmyDistrict Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1986
  4. Karnes v. Happy Trails RV Park, LLCDistrict Court, E.D. Missouri · 2019
  5. Alamo Found. v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1992

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