Lonas v. National Linen Service Corp.

SIMONS, Circuit Judge.

In a suit by an employee of the appellee to recover for herself and others similarly situated, unpaid minimum wages and overtime compensation as permitted by § 16(b) of the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S. C.A. § 201, the narrow question is presented whether their employer is a service establishment exempt from the requirements of the Act by § 13(a) (2). The court dismissed the complaint on the ground that the pleaded facts, accepted as true, show that the defendant is a service establishment, the greater part of whose servicing is in intrastate commerce, and §§ 6 and 7…