Legal Opinion

Ray Marshall, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor v. Baptist Hospital, Inc., D/B/A Baptist Hospital

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided December 17, 1981No. 79-1398PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MERRITT, Circuit Judge.

The main issue here is whether defendant hospital can successfully invoke the good faith defense provided by the Portal to Portal Act so as to exempt their clinical program from the minimum wage and hour provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act. The District Court, in a comprehensive opinion published at 473 F.Supp. 465 (M.D. Tenn.1979), annotated at 50 A.L.R.Fed. 607 (1980), found the hospital liable for $170,000 in minimum wage payments to X-ray students enrolled in a two-year college program of classroom study and hospital clinical training leading to a degree. The…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. James D. Hodgson, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor, and Cross-Appellant v. Square D Company, a Corporation, and Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1972
  2. Marshall v. Baptist Hospital, Inc.District Court, M.D. Tennessee · 1979

3Cited by27 opinions

  1. Solis v. Laurelbrook Sanitarium and School, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2011
  2. James Olson v. Superior Pontiac-Gmc, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
  3. Raymond J. Donovan, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor v. American Airlines, Inc., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
  4. Robert B. Reich, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor v. Parker Fire Protection District, a Division of Parker City GovernmentCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1993
  5. Harris v. Vector Marketing Corp.District Court, N.D. California · 2010

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