Legal Opinion
Murphy v. Georgia Aero-Tech
District Court, S.D. Georgia
Decided May 5, 1943No. Civil 214PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
XOVETT, District Judge.
This is another of many cases brought in this court calling for the “drawing of lines” in determining the scope of the Fair Labor Standards Act. 52 Stat. 1060, 29 U.S.C.A. § 201 et seq.
The suit is under section 16(b) by and in behalf of thirty-six former employees of the defendants for unpaid wages claimed to be owing to them under the Act.
Only one question now demands attention1 ; whether the act applies to the plaintiffs. And the precise question may be reduced even more narrowly, viz., were the •plaintiffs engaged in commerce within the meaning of sections 6 and 7 of…
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- Cannon v. MillerWashington Supreme Court · 1945
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