Legal Opinion
Laudenslager v. Globe-Union Inc.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided December 11, 1958No. Civ. A. No. 21273PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KIRKPATRICK, District Judge.
This action for damages and unpaid overtime, brought by some 88 employees of a corporation manufacturing automotive type storage batteries, is based upon alleged violations by the defendant corporation of (1) the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C.A. § 201 et seq. and (2) the Pennsylvania Lead Manufacturers Act, 43 P.S. § 471 et seq.
In order to save the time of the Court and litigants, it was agreed that three of the plaintiffs should be selected and that their cases should be tried first, the thought being that, after the issue of the defendant’s liability had…
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- Steiner v. MitchellSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Bay Ridge Operating Co. v. AaronSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Eisenmann v. Gould-National Batteries, Inc.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1958
- Pericin v. Denburg's Modern BakerySupreme Court of New Jersey · 1943
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