United States v. Deluxe Cleaners and Laundry, Inc.

FIELD, Circuit Judge:

The question presented on this appeal is whether an action instituted by the United States pursuant to the Service Contract Act of 1965, 41 U.S.C. § 351 et seq., (hereinafter Service Act) is barred by the two year statute of limitations of the Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947.

The defendant has conducted a laundry and dry cleaning business in the State of South Carolina for many years and in 1964 and 1965 it entered into concessionaire agreements for the provision of services for military personnel at Fort Jackson and Shaw Air Force Base. The contracts which were to expire in…