Legal Opinion

Mitchell, Secretary of Labor v. Household Finance Corp.

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided January 14, 1954No. 10978_1PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GOODRICH, Circuit Judge.

This case involves the applicability of the Fair Labor Standards Act1 to the employees in defendant’s Lancaster, Pennsylvania, office. Defendant admittedly has not complied with the provisions of that statute. The district court held the Act applicable and enjoined defendant from further violations. Tobin v. Household Finance Corporation, D.C.E.D.Pa.1952, 106 F.Supp. 541.2

There are three possible questions involved. First, are the defendant’s employees engaged in commerce within the meaning of the statute ? This, of course, means engaged in interstate or foreign…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. United States v. South-Eastern Underwriters Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
  2. Armour & Co. v. WantockSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
  3. A. B. Kirschbaum Co. v. WallingSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  4. Walling v. Jacksonville Paper Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
  5. McLeod v. ThrelkeldSupreme Court of the United States · 1943

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Chambers Construction Company, a Corporation, and L. H. Chambers v. James P. Mitchell, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of LaborCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1956
  2. H. J. Boisseau v. James P. Mitchell, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of LaborCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
  3. Ætna Finance Company v. James P. Mitchell, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of LaborCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1957
  4. Beneficial Finance Co. of Wisconsin v. WirtzCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1965
  5. Mitchell v. Welcome Wagon, Inc.District Court, W.D. Tennessee · 1954

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