James D. Hodgson, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor v. Travis Edwards, Inc.

I think the majority is wrong to hold that defendant’s office employees are engaged in commerce and the production of goods for commerce, within the meaning of the Fair Labor Standards Act, *1055solely by virtue of the fact that they prepare and mail operating reports of a purely local business to out-of-town directors and officers.

The Secretary argues that the reports which these employees mail across state lines are “goods” under § 3(s) of the Act, so that the office workers are engaged in the “production of goods for commerce.” Alternatively, he asserts that the office employees are “engaged in…