Burton Mercantile and Gin Company, Inc. v. W. Willard Wirtz, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor

This is an appeal by defendant employer from a judgment obtained by the Secretary of Labor enjoining defendant from violating the minimum-wage, overtime and record-keeping requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act as amended (29 U.S.C.A. § 201 et seq.) with respect to employees at two cotton gins-operated by the defendant in Jackson* County, Arkansas.

The basic issue presented by this appeal is whether § 13(a) (10) applicable-prior to the 1961 amendment to the Act and § 13(a) (18) applicable thereafter exempt from the minimum-wage, overtime and record-keeping provisions of the-Act the…