Legal Opinion
Foremost Dairies, Inc., and Home Town Foods, Inc. v. W. Willard Wirtz, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 20, 1967No. 23530_1PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:
We are called upon here to interpret the meaning of the phrase “irregular hours of work” contained in Section 7(e) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. 1 Our interpretation will determine the validity of a number of individual wage contracts between defendant and certain of its employees.
The Fair Labor Standards Act is a major enactment by Congress of social and economic policy, intended to protect certain groups of the population from substandard wages and excessive hours which endanger the national health and well-being and free flow of goods in interstate…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Skidmore v. Swift & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Brooklyn Savings Bank v. O'NeilSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Overnight Motor Transportation Co. v. MisselSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Walling v. A. H. Belo Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Mitchell v. Kentucky Finance Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1959
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3Cited by34 opinions
- Ralph Condo v. Sysco CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
- Raymond J. Donovan, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor v. Brown Equipment and Service Tools, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Donovan v. New Floridian Hotel, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- Peter J. Brennan, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor v. Valley Towing Co., Inc., a Corporation and Robert DyarCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1975
- Fred Crenshaw v. Quarles Drilling CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1986
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