Legal Opinion
Arnesen v. Manhattan Lighterage Corp.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided September 6, 1944PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANDELBAUM, District Judge.
These are motions by the defendant for summary judgment. The actions are brought under the Fair Labor Standards Act and involve claims for overtime compensation and liquidated damages as provided for in Sec. 16 of the Act, 29 U.S.C.A. § 216.
For the purposes of these motions the defendant has conceded that the plaintiffs were at all times engaged in interstate commerce within the meaning of the Fair Labor Standards Act. The defendant, however, contends that the plaintiffs are seamen and as such- exempt from the coverage of the act by the specific exemption in Sec.…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- International Stevedoring Co. v. HavertySupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Norton v. Warner Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Carumbo v. Cape Cod S. S. Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1941
- Gale v. Union Bag & Paper CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1940
- Bolan v. Bay State Dredging & Contracting Co.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1942
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Anderson v. Manhattan Lighterage CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1945
- Walling v. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1945