Burke v. Lecrone-Benedict Ways, Inc.

PICARD, District Judge.

This is an action brought under the Fair Labor Standards Act by two former employees of defendant who were in its bookkeeping or accounting department. It appears that in 1943 defendant, an Ohio corporation, purchased the assets of Great Central Transport Corporation, a Michigan company, and moved its headquarters to Detroit. The facts show that books of defendant were at least three months behind and it was necessary to bring these delinquent records up to date so that defendant could submit its petition to the Interstate Commerce Commission for approval of its legal…