Legal Opinion
May E. Bowman v. Texas Educational Foundation, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 31, 1972No. 71-1949PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:
Twenty “night resident advisers” of a Job Corps project in McKinney, Texas, brought suit to increase their yearly salaries to figures ranging from $12,000 to $15,000, or about twice their presently remitted salaries. They compute this increase in their worth by asking this court to include their sleeping time, at time-and-a-half, under Section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards Act. 1 In addition, they demand the statutory double damages from the Job Corps project for failing to give them their “overtime,” amounting to another $2000 to $4000 per year for each plaintiff. 2…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Anderson v. Mt. Clemens Pottery Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Brooklyn Savings Bank v. O'NeilSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Powell v. United States Cartridge Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Bay Ridge Operating Co. v. AaronSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Farmers Reservoir & Irrigation Co. v. McCombSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Frank Leone v. Mobil Oil CorporationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1975
- American Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. M/V Cape FearDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1991
- Panama Canal Co. v. Compania Nacional De Navegacion, S. A.District Court, Canal Zone · 1978
- Brown v. Consolidated Rail Corp.District Court, N.D. Ohio · 1985
- Smith v. Friends of Children of Mississippi, Inc.District Court, S.D. Mississippi · 1985