Legal Opinion
Filardo v. Foley Bros.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 30, 1947Published
1Opinion of the CourtCallahan, J.
The defendants who are Government contractors appeal from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff for overtime wages claimed to be due under the Federal Bight-Hour' Law (TJ. S. Code, tit. 40, §§ 321-326). The plaintiff was employed as a cook in Iraq and Iran, where the defendants were engaged in the building of certain roads and public construction pursuant to contract with the State Department of the United States.
Prior to 1940 the Federal Bight-Hour Law had been authoritatively construed to be in the nature of a statutory direction that eight hours were regarded as a proper day’s work and that…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- United States v. MartinSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- United States v. PostSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Timmonds v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1898
- United States v. MosesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1903
- Coleman v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Kentucky · 1897