Day & Zimmermann, Inc. v. Reid

COLLET, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment for overtime wages, liquidated damages and the allowance of an attorney fee in an action brought under the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C.A. § 201 et seq. The parties will be referred to as they were designated in the trial court.

The defendant was engaged in the operation of a large munitions plant in Iowa as an independent contractor on a cost-plus-a-fixed-fee basis under contract with the War Department under supervision of the Ordnance Department. Plaintiff was employed by defendant from August, 1941, to June, 1944. He was…