Emanuels v. Rochester Packing Co.

Wheeler,

J. The complaints in each of the above-entitled actions, being substantially the same, are before the court on this motion by stipulation. In several of the actions a group of employees are joined as parties plaintiff, in one action as many as forty-one. The complaints contain but one cause of action for overtime-work compensation under the Pair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (U. S. Code, tit. 29, § 201 et seq.). A second cause of action for liquidated damages and attorney’s fees likewise is set forth in each complaint.

It is alleged in the complaints that defendant is a New York…