WALLING v. CONSUMERS CO.

No. 4875.

57 F.Supp. 523 (1944)

WALLING, Adm'r of Wage and Hour Division, U. S. Dept. of Labor, v. CONSUMERS CO.

District Court, N. D. Illinois, E. D.

January 14, 1944.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irving J. Levy and Bessie Margolin, both of Washington, D. C., and Frank J. Delany, Victor M. Harding, Jr., and Ira W. Hurley, all of Chicago, Ill. (tried by Mr. Harding), for plaintiff.

Kirkland, Fleming, Green, Martin & Ellis, of Chicago, Ill. (tried by Mr. Fleming), for defendant.


IGOE, District Judge.

The court is of the opinion that the employees of the defendant, in all of its yards, who are engaged during part of their time in unloading merchandise coming from outside the State, are engaged in interstate commerce within the meaning of the Fair Labor Standards Act.

The court is also of the opinion that the defendant is a "retail establishment" within the meaning of Section 13(a) (2) of...

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