Legal Opinion
William R. Ballou v. General Electric Company
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 16, 1970No. 7602PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Circuit Judge.
Appellants are apprentices in a program run by appellee, General Electric Company. This program consists of on-the-job training conducted at appellee’s plant in Lynn, Massachusetts, and additional classes conducted off appellee’s premises by independent educational institutions. Although appellee pays the apprentices’ tuition for this outside classwork, it pays them nothing for the time spent in class or preparing for class. Appellants are required by their employment contracts to • prepare for, attend, and make satisfactory progress in these classes. An apprentice who…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Steiner v. MitchellSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Walling v. Portland Terminal Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Roland Electrical Co. v. WallingSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Mitchell v. King Packing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
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3Cited by26 opinions
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