Legal Opinion

Kennedy v. Silas Mason Co.

District Court, W.D. Louisiana

Decided November 6, 1946No. 1594PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DAWKINS, District Judge.

Plaintiffs sued for overtime, penalties and attorneys’ fees, which they claim to be due under the Fair Labor Standards Act of June 25, 1938, C. 676, Sec. 16, 52 Stat. 1069, Title 29 U.S.C.A. § 216, alleging that they had been employed in interstate commerce and in the production of goods for commerce within the meaning of Section 3, Title 29 U.S.C.A. § 203, of said statute. The complaint admits that plaintiffs were paid all their wages at what appear to have been very liberal rates for straight time for the hours they worked.

Defendant has moved for summary judgment,…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Dollar Savings Bank v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
  2. United States v. HewesDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1840

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Kennedy v. Silas Mason Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
  2. Barksdale v. Ford, Bacon & Davis, Inc.District Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1947
  3. United States Cartridge Co. v. PowellCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1949
  4. Brown v. Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp.District Court, W.D. Kentucky · 1948

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