Legal Opinion
McLeod v. Threlkeld
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 7, 1943No. 787PublishedCited by 349 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Reed
This certiorari brings here for examination a judgment of the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 131 F. 2d 880, which held that a cook, employed by respondents to prepare and serve meals to maintenance-of-way employees of the Texas & New Orleans Railroad Company, is not engaged in commerce under §§ 6 and 7 of the Fair Labor Standards Act and therefore not entitled to recover for an alleged violation of that act.1
The respondents are a partnership with a contract to furnish meals to maintenance-of-way employees of the railroad, an interstate carrier. The meals are served in a cook…
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