Legal Opinion
Mahoney v. Mahoney
District Court, E.D. Tennessee
Decided September 14, 1960No. Civ. A. No. 3266PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DARR, Chief Judge.
This suit was brought by plaintiff under section 16(b) of the Fair Labor Standards Act seeking to recover minimum and overtime wages claimed under sections 6 and 7.1
In October, 1954, the defendant set up in her home the Chattanooga Telephone Secretarial Service, which she attended herself for some eighteen months. This was a telephone answering service and was operated by obtaining customers whose telephones were connected with her answering service office and receiving and transmitting telephone messages. By September, 1956, she had thirty odd customers.
The plaintiff and…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Arnold v. Ben Kanowsky, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Roland Electrical Co. v. WallingSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Bloemer v. EzellDistrict Court, W.D. Kentucky · 1953
- Mitchell v. Telephone Answering Service, Inc.District Court, D. Puerto Rico · 1959
3Cited by5 opinions
- John Jones v. City of FranklinCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2017
- Telephone Answering Service, Inc. v. Arthur J. Goldberg, Secretary of the United States Department of LaborCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1961
- Wirtz v. Keystone Readers Service, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Wirtz v. Office Communications Co.District Court, M.D. North Carolina · 1965
- Wirtz v. Keystone Readers Service, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969