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WESTERN UNION v. LENROOT

No. 49.

323 U.S. 490 (1945)

WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH CO. v. LENROOT, CHIEF OF CHILDREN'S BUREAU, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 8, 1945.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Francis R. Stark for petitioner.

Mr. Douglas B. Maggs, with whom Solicitor General Fahy and Messrs. Robert L. Stern and Archibald Cox were on the brief, for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE JACKSON delivered the opinion of the Court.

A decree of the District Court in substance restrains the Western Union Telegraph Company from transmitting messages in interstate commerce until for thirty days it has ceased employment of messengers under the age of sixteen years and of certain others between the ages of sixteen and eighteen. This was thought to be required by the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938....

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