Schumann v. Ross

SWAIM, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment denying the plaintiff, A. H. Schumann, overtime compensation, damages and attorneys’ fees which the plaintiff claimed under § 16(b) of the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C.A. § 216(b), because of the alleged failure of the defendants to pay him for overtime pursuant to § 7(a) (3) of the Act, 29 U.S.C.A. § 207(a) (3). This latter section of the Act prohibited the employer from employing any employee, engaged in the production of goods for commerce, for more than 40 hours per week without paying such employee at least time-and-one-half…