Legal Opinion
Maneja v. Waialua Agricultural Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 23, 1955No. 357PublishedCited by 103 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clark
This case involves, primarily, the coverage of the agriculture exemption 1 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, 52 Stat. 1060, as amended, 29 U. S. C. § 201 et seq. The petitioners are 31 employees of respondent corporation,2 which is engaged in the growing, harvesting and processing of sugar cane at its plantation in the Territory of Hawaii. Respondent seeks a declaratory judgment that its operations are exempt from the overtime provisions of the Act, while the petitioners, through a counterclaim under § 16 (b) of the Act, seek to recover unpaid overtime compensation. The action pertains…
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