Legal Opinion
Epps v. Weathers
District Court, S.D. Georgia
Decided January 11, 1943No. 189PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOVETT, District Judge.
Asserting that they were not paid the minimum wages and over-time compensation required by sections 6 and 7 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938,1 the plaintiff Epps for himself and as designated agent for three co-employees brings this suit under section 16(b) against their employer to recover the unpaid wages and compensation, the liquidated damages and attorneys’ fees and costs, authorized by that section.
The defendant, owning and operating a fleet of trucks and admittedly engaged in interstate commerce, answers that he paid full wages under section 6 for time…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- United States v. American Trucking AssociationsSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Jax Beer Co. v. RedfernCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1941
- Super-Cold Southwest Co. v. McBrideCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1941
- Johnson v. Dierks Lumber & Coal Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1942
- Magann v. Long's Baggage Transfer Co.District Court, W.D. Virginia · 1941
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Mt. Clemens Pottery Co. v. AndersonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1945
- Jackson v. Derby Oil Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1943
- Keeling v. Huber & Huber Motor Express, Inc.District Court, W.D. Kentucky · 1944
- Southland Corp. v. ShewDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · 1965
- Townsend v. New York Cent. R.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1944
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