Burton v. Zimmerman

This is an appeal from an order dismissing an action brought pursuant to section 16(b) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, 52 Stat. 1060, 29 U.S.C.A. § 201 et seq., to recover unpaid minimum wages and ■overtime compensation, together with an additional equal amount as liquidated damages, plus attorneys’ fees and costs. Plaintiffs were employed as porters and laborers in a fifteen story office building in Columbia, S. C. They alleged that the tenants of the building were “engaged in interstate commerce or the production of goods for such commerce”. The court below held that the only…