ATLANTIC CO. v. BROUGHTON

Nos. 11076, 11077.

146 F.2d 480 (1944)

ATLANTIC CO. v. BROUGHTON et al., and three other cases.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 5, 1945.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. K. Meadow and Robert B. Troutman, both of Atlanta, Ga., for Atlantic Co.

Homer C. Denton and Richard E. Cotton, both of Atlanta, Ga., for A. Broughton and Emanuel Carthan et al.

Douglas B. Maggs, Solicitor, U. S. Dept. of Labor, and Bessie Margolin, Asst. Solicitor, U. S. Dept. of Labor, both of Washington, D. C., for amicus curiae.

Before HOLMES, WALLER, and LEE, Circuit Judges.


HOLMES, Circuit Judge.

These appeals are from separate judgments in favor of employees of appellant in suits brought by them to recover minimum wages and overtime compensation, with liquidated damages and attorney's fees, alleged to be due and owing under the Fair Labor Standards Act.1

Upon direct appeal in each case, the issue is whether or not a contract of accord and satisfaction relating to the indebtedness was legally effective...

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