Legal Opinion
Bodden v. McCormick Shipping Corp. The Sans Peur
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 8, 1951No. 13291PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STRUM, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal in admiralty from a decree dismissing a third amended libel which seeks to recover sums alleged to be due as overtime wages for labor performed by libellant upon the yacht “Sans Peur.” The question is whether or not said labor is within the coverage of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, 29 U.S.C.A. § 201 et seq., libellant having already been paid his straight time, or regular wages, but not time and a half for overtime as required by sec. 7(a) of the Act, 29 U.S.C.A. § 207(a).
The “Sans Peur” was originally built and used as a private yacht. During…
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- Overstreet v. North Shore Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Powell v. United States Cartridge Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950
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3Cited by4 opinions
- James P. Mitchell, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor v. John D. RainesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
- W. Willard Wirtz, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor v. Broward Marine, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Shultz v. Reed's Shipyard of Boothbay, Inc.District Court, D. Maine · 1969
- W. Willard Wirtz, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor v. Broward Marine, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968