Love v. U. S. Rubber Co.

MURPHY, District Judge.

Plaintiff seeks to recover from defendant, his employer, overtime compensation, liq*175uidated damages, and attorney’s fees under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, 29 U.S.C.A. §§ 201-219 (herein FLSA.) During World War II defendant operated the Pennsylvania Ordnance Works, located in this district, in the production of munitions of war under a cost-plus-a-fixed-fee contract with the United States Government. Plaintiff and twenty-five others1 were engaged as fire fighters to protect the plant and equipment. The time involved is the period of “sleeping time” allowed in…