Legal Opinion
Walling v. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Ry.
District Court, M.D. Tennessee
Decided June 18, 1945No. Civ. No. 524PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STRUM, District Judge.
The question here presented is whether or not persons in training for positions with the defendant railway are, during their training period, “employees” within the meaning of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, 29 -U.S.C.A. § 201 et seq. Asserting that they are employees, and that defendant is in violation -of the Act with respect to them, plaintiff Administrator seeks injunctive relief to compel future obedience to the Act.
The controversy concerns: First, persons in training for firemen, brakemen and switchmen, both in the yards and on the main line, called “cubs.”…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Walling v. American Needlecrafts, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1943
- Walling v. Jacksonville Terminal Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1945
3Cited by4 opinions
- Walling v. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis RailwaySupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Walling v. Portland Terminal Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1946
- Walling v. Portland Terminal Co.District Court, D. Maine · 1945
- Houle v. DuvallSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1971