Kennedy v. Silas Mason Co.

*1017McCORD, Circuit Judge.

Silas Mason Company during the late war constructed and operated an ordnance plant at Shreveport, Louisiana, under the terms of a “cost-plus-a-fixed-fee” contract with the United States Government. Plaintiffs sued for overtime, penalites, and attorney’s fees, which they claim to be due from the Mason Company under the Fair Labor Standards Act of June 25, 1938, c. 676, 52 Stat. 1060, 29 U.S.C.A. § 203, alleging that they had been employed in interstate commerce and in the! production of goods for commerce within the meaning of Title 29 U.S.C.A. § 203.

The Mason Company…