Legal Opinion
Richard v. Marriott Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided February 7, 1977No. Nos. 76-1496, 76-1497PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CRAVEN, Circuit Judge:
In 1974 and 1975 the tips were good at Marriott Corporation’s Joshua Tree Restaurant in McLean, Virginia. Each waiter and waitress averaged getting above $5.43 an hour, and some made considerably more. Since the average hourly receipt in tips was far and away more than the federal minimum wage, it seemed sensible to management, and perhaps also to the employees at the time, that Marriott simply underwrite the federal minimum hourly wage, /. e., agree to pay it or make up the difference between the tips and the hourly wage in the event the tips did not come to as much as…
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- King v. Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1970
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