Legal Opinion
Stephens v. United States Steel Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 18, 1954No. 14833_1PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.
Filed by Lethonia Stephens, plaintiff-appellant, the suit was in certain counts for wages due him by defendant-appellee for work and labor done, and in other counts for damages in tort for the failure of defendant to pay said wages. Still other counts, based on the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C.A. § 201 et seq., claimed that the appellee had not paid the minimum wage due.
The defendant, in addition to its defenses of no cause of action and a general denial, pleaded (1) payment, (2) estoppel, (3) waiver, (4) set off, (5) the statute of limitations, (6) receipt and…
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