Legal Opinion
Farmers Reservoir & Irrigation Co. v. McComb
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided October 10, 1949No. 128PublishedCited by 172 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Vinson
The principal question to be decided in this case is whether the employees of a mutual ditch company are exempt from the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act1 as persons employed in agriculture. The company is the Farmers Reservoir & Irrigation Company, a Colorado corporation having an authorized capital stock of $1,050,000 and an authorized bonded indebtedness of *757$850,000, $450,000 of which is presently outstanding in the hands of the public. The company has central offices in Denver. It owns four large and several small reservoirs and a system of canals from 200 to 300 miles long, all…
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