Armour & Co. v. Wantock

Armour and Company, petitioner, has been held liable to certain employees for overtime, liquidated damages, and attorneys’ fees under the Fair Labor Standards Act. 140 F. 2d 356. The overtime in question is that spent on the employer’s premises as fireguards subject to call, but otherwise put to such personal use as sleeping or recreation. The Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on facts of considerable similarity reached an opposite result, in Skidmore v. Swift & Co., 136 F. 2d 112, post, p. 134. To resolve the conflict we granted certiorari in both cases. 322 U. S. 723.

Armour and Company…