GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. v. PORTER

No. 13603.

208 F.2d 805 (1953)

GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. v. PORTER. PORTER v. GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 11, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Metzger, Blair, Gardner & Boldt, Hilton B. Gardner, John W. Blair, Tacoma, Wash., for appellant-appellee General Electric Co.

Horrigan, Merrick, Peterson & Merrick, John Horrigan, Ivan Merrick, Theodore D. Peterson, Florence Mayne Merrick, Pasco, Wash., for appellee-appellant Averille L. Porter.

Before STEPHENS, BONE and ORR, Circuit Judges.


ORR, Circuit Judge.

Averille L. Porter brought an action under the Fair Labor Standards Act, as amended, 29 U.S.C.A. § 201 et seq., hereafter the Act, to recover on behalf of himself and fifty-five other employees overtime pay, liquidated damages and attorneys' fees alleged to be due from employer General Electric Company, hereafter General Electric. Judgment was rendered in favor of plaintiff Porter and his assignors, hereafter referred to as the firemen, in...

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