Legal Opinion

Goldberg v. Whitaker House Cooperative, Inc.

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided April 24, 1961No. 274PublishedCited by 483 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Douglas

Respondent- cooperative was organized in 1957 under the laws of Maine; and we assume it was legally organized. The question is whether it is an “employer” and its members are “employees” within the meaning of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, § 3, 52 Stat. 1060, as *29amended, 29 U. S. C. § 203. The question is raised by a suit filed under § 17 of the Act by petitioner to enjoin respondent from violating the provisions of the Act concerning minimum wages (§6), record-keeping (§ 11 (c)) and the regulation of industrial homework (§ 11 (d)). And see § 15 (a)(5). The District Court denied…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Rutherford Food Corp. v. McCombSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  2. United States v. SilkSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  3. Gemsco, Inc. v. WallingSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  4. James P. Mitchell, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor v. Whitaker House Cooperative, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1960
  5. Mitchell v. Whitaker House Cooperative, Inc.District Court, D. Maine · 1959

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3Cited by483 opinions

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  3. Tony and Susan Alamo Foundation v. Secretary of LaborSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  4. Louis Carter v. Dutchess Community CollegeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1984
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