Buckles v. Morristown Kayo Company

ROBERT L. TAYLOR, District Judge.

This action was commenced in a state court against resident corporations by two resident plaintiffs, who were later joined by two intervening plaintiffs, to recover overtime wages under the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C.A. § 201 et seq., particularly § 216(b). Defendants removed the case to the United States District Court on the ground that the right asserted by plaintiffs is one arising under a law of the United States. 28 U.S.C. § 1441(b). An additional ground stated is that the District Court has original jurisdiction of the ease, it being one within…