Legal Opinion
Wirtz v. Wheaton Glass Co.
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided May 1, 1968No. Civ. A. 53-66PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
COHEN, District Judge:
The plaintiff, W. Willard Wirtz, Secretary of the United States Department of Labor, commenced this action under Section 17 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, 1 and supplemented by the Equal Pay Act of 1963, 2 against defendant Wheaton Glass Co., a New Jersey corporation, seeking to enjoin it from allegedly violating the equal pay provisions of the latter Act. The gravamen of the complaint is that defendant is violating the Act by maintaining a wage rate disparity based upon sex discrimination between the male and female employees in its glass…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Schwegmann Bros. v. Calvert Distillers Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Arnold v. Ben Kanowsky, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
- National Woodwork Manufacturers Ass'n v. National Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Mitchell v. Kentucky Finance Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Idaho Sheet Metal Works, Inc. v. WirtzSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Shultz v. Wheaton Glass Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
- James D. Hodgson, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor v. Wheaton Glass Co., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971
- George P. Shultz, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor v. American Can Company — Dixie Products, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1970
- Shultz v. First Victoria National BankCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Brennan v. Owensboro-Daviess County HospitalCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1975
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