Legal Opinion
Wyatt v. Holtville Alfalfa Mills, Inc.
District Court, S.D. California
Decided July 5, 1952No. 13600PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARRISON, District Judge.
Plaintiff employees have brought this action under the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C.A. § 201, et seq., for overtime wages allegedly due them for work performed for the defendant. Defendant contends that, by reason of certain agricultural exemptions under the act, all the plaintiffs are exempt from its coverage.
It has been stipulated that the defendant is engaged in interstate commerce. The defendant operates an alfalfa dehydrating and pulverizing plant. Its employees work in shifts of twelve hours per day seven days per week.
Despite earlier assertions,…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Brooklyn Savings Bank v. O'NeilSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Addison v. Holly Hill Fruit Products, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Walling v. Helmerich & Payne, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Walling v. Youngerman-Reynolds Hardwood Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Farmers Reservoir & Irrigation Co. v. McCombSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
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3Cited by11 opinions
- 423 South Salina Street, Inc. v. City of SyracuseNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
- Lisa A. Hultgren Victoria M. Smith and Daniel R. Turner v. County of Lancaster, Nebraska, a Political Subdivision of the State of NebraskaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1990
- Foremost Dairies, Inc. v. Ivey Ivey v. Foremost Dairies, IncCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1953
- Wehr v. Burroughs Corp.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1979
- Holtville Alfalfa Mills, Inc., a Corporation v. R. R. Wyatt, Felipe Alday, R. R. Wyatt, Felipe Alday v. Holtville Alfalfa Mills, Inc., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1955
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