E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Company, Incorporated v. Dennis F. Harrup, Lester Blackmon, Beulah F. Viar, John M. Crowder, Jr., and Charles E. Roan

SOPER, Circuit Judge.

This suit was brought by certain employees of E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Incorporated, under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 as amended, 29 U.S.C.A.. §§ 201-217, to recover overtime compensation for services rendered in a cafeteria maintained by the company in connection with its Spruance plant at Ampthill near Richmond, Virginia, which was engaged -in the production of rayon goods for interstate commerce. The case was first dismissed in the District Court upon the defendant’s motion, accompanied by supporting affidavits, on the ground that the complainants…