Legal Opinion
Kuhn v. Canteen Food Service, Inc.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided November 25, 1944No. Civil Action No. 44C425PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LA BUY, District Judge.
The plaintiffs as employees and former employees of the defendants instituted this suit to recover minimum wages and overtime compensation under the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C.A. § 201 et seq., and also a common law claim for work and labor.
The Common Law Claim.
The complaint is framed on the theory of a class suit on behalf of about five thousand employees, with the aggregate amount of the claims of all the employees fixed at $2,-500,000. Of this amount the complaint alleges that there is due from the defendants unpaid minimum wages and…
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- Walton v. Southern Package Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
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