Legal Opinion
Opp Cotton Mills, Inc. v. Administrator of Wage & Hour Division of Department of Labor
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 2, 1940No. 9313PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
, McCORD, Circuit Judge.
The Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor issued a wage order on September 29, 1939, providing that effective October 24, 1939, wages at a rate of not less than 32% cents an hour be paid to all employees in the textile industry. The wage order was issued pursuant to the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, 52 Stats, p. 1060, 29 U.S.C.A. § 201 et seq.
Opp Cotton Mills, Inc., operator of a small cotton mill at Opp, Alabama, petitioned this court to review and set aside the uniform minimum wage order. Southern Cotton…
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