Legal Opinion
Wilson v. Reconstruction Finance Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 17, 1946No. 11767PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEE, Circuit Judge.
Appellants, employees of the Defense Plant Corporation, brought this suit for overtime payments, liquidated damages, and attorney’s fees, under the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C.A. § 216. After the passage of legislation 1 transferring all assets and imposing all liabilities of the Defense Plant Corporation to and upon the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, the last named corporation was substituted as party defendant.
The court below, in dismissing the suit, held that appellants were not engaged in commerce within the meaning of that term in the Fair Labor Standards…
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