Harris v. Hammond

McCORD, Circuit Judge.

This suit is by three former employees of the defendant to recover unpaid minimum wages, overtime compensation, liquidated damages, attorneys’ fees and costs under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, 29 U.S.C.A. § 201 et seq.

The evidence is set out at length in a well considered opinion by the trial judge. Harris v. Hammond, D.C., 51 F.Supp. 91.

The question for decision is whether these employees are within the coverage of Sections 6 and 7 of the Act: “The provisions of sections 6 and 7 shall not apply with respect to (1) any employee employed in a bona fide * * *…