Story v. Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation

KENNERLY, District Judge.

This is a suit, filed January 8, 1947, under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, Section 201 et seq., Title 29 U.S.C.A., by James C. Story and J. T. Kirtlcy for themselves and for a large number of other persons, all of whom are alleged to be present and/or former employees of defendant, Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation (formerly known as the Houston Shipbuilding Corporation), a Delaware corporation. The suit is one which is commonly referred to as a “Portal-to-Por,tal Suit.” On May 2, 1947, B. W. Stewart and a large number of other persons, all of whom are…