Legal Opinion
Mitchell v. Northwestern Kite Co.
District Court, D. Minnesota
Decided April 26, 1955No. Civ. No. 4483PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NORDBYE, Chief Judge.
This is a suit for an injunction restraining defendant permanently from *837violating the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C.A. § 201 et seq., specifically Sections 215(a) (1), 215 (a) (2), and 215(a) (5).
The case is submitted upon a stipulation of facts and briefs of the parties. The only issue is whether certain industrial homeworkers engaged in assembling toy kites for the defendant are “employees” within the meaning of the Fair Labor Standards Act or are independent contractors. Defendant agrees that if said homeworkers are “employees”, it has violated…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- National Labor Relations Board v. Hearst Publications, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Rutherford Food Corp. v. McCombSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- United States v. SilkSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- United States v. RosenwasserSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Walling v. American Needlecrafts, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1943
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Mitchell v. NutterDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1958
- Mitchell v. American Republic InsuranceDistrict Court, S.D. Iowa · 1957