Legal Opinion
Arthur Coleman v. Jiffy June Farms, Inc., James D. Hodgson, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor v. Jiffy June Farms, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 17, 1972No. 71-1412PublishedCited by 186 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge:
The decision of the district court, 324 F.Supp. 664, is affirmed. A detailed statement of the Court’s reasons for af-firmance would serve no precedential value, see Local Rule 21,1 except insofar as the decision interprets the three-year statute of limitations for the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), 29 U.S.C. § 255, as amended in 1966.
Section 255 provides, in pertinent part, that every action for unpaid overtime compensation under the FLSA “shall be forever barred unless commenced within two years after the cause of action accrued, except that a cause of action…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- National Labor Relations Board v. Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, Afl-Cio, Local 990Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Hodgson v. HyattDistrict Court, N.D. Florida · 1970
- Coleman v. Jiffy June Farms, Inc.District Court, S.D. Alabama · 1970
- Dowd v. Blackstone Cleaners, Inc.District Court, N.D. Texas · 1969
- Krumbeck v. John Oster Manufacturing CompanyDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1970
3Cited by186 opinions
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