Hodgson v. Brand Names, Inc.

INGRAHAM, Circuit Judge:

This action was commenced by the Secretary of Labor under § 17 of the Fair Labor Standards Act1 to enjoin violations of the Act’s minimum wage and record-keeping requirements with respect to employees of defendant Brand Names’ motel and restaurant, and to restrain the continued withholding of unpaid minimum wages and overtime compensation. Defendant, in its answer, denied that it violated the Act, claiming that prior to February 1st, 1967, the effective date of the 1966 amendments to the Act, its employees were employed at a restaurant and motel establishment coming…