Coyle v. Philadelphia Macaroni Co.

GANEY, District Judge.

The four actions here involved were brought for overtime compensation, liquidated damages and a reasonable attorney’s fee under the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act1 of 1938. Two of the actions were filed before the enactment of the Portal-to-Portal Act2; the others thereafter. The complaint in each of the actions, after alleging that the defendant was engaged in the production of goods for interstate commerce and that the employees on *333whose behalf the action was brought were also so engaged, simply recited that the defendant had violated the provisions of Sec.…