Abbott v. United States

This is a suit by ship pilots employed by the Panama Canal, an agency of the United States. They sue for overtime compensation at time and one-half their basic rates of pay for work in excess of 40 hours per week. The period covered by *461the suit is July 1, 1945 to July 1, 1951. The plaintiffs base their claim on section 203 of the Federal Employees Pay Act of 1945, 59 Stat. 297. At the present stage of the case, only the question of liability will be decided.

Section 203 said:

Employees whose basic rate of compensation is fixed on an annual or monthly basis and adjusted from time to time in…