Christine Herman and Janet Wendel v. Roosevelt Federal Savings & Loan Association

Stephenson, Circuit Judge.

This is a joint appeal by plaintiffs Christine Herman and Janet Wendel. They and two other past and present female employees of Roosevelt Federal Savings & Loan Association (Roosevelt) brought an action below under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, 29 U.S.C. §§ 201 et seq., seeking to recover back pay allegedly withheld in violation of 29 U.S.C. § 206(d)(1). 1 The district court, in its opinion reported at 432 F.Supp. 843 (E.D.Mo. 1977), held that appellant Wendel had failed to make a prima facie showing of a violation of 29 U.S.C. § 206(d)(1). 2 As…