NIEVES v. STANDARD DREDGING CORPORATION

No. 4069.

152 F.2d 719 (1945)

NIEVES et al. v. STANDARD DREDGING CORPORATION.

Circuit Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

December 19, 1945.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin Ortiz and Alvaro Ortiz, both of San Juan, Puerto Rico, for appellants.

J. Henri Brown and Enrique Cordova Diaz, both of San Juan, Puerto Rico, and Roger Siddall, of New York City, for appellee.

Before ALBERT LEE STEPHENS, MAHONEY, and WOODBURY, Circuit Judges.


MAHONEY, Circuit Judge.

The question before us on this appeal is whether the plaintiffs were "engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce" so as to entitle them to unpaid wages, liquidated damages and a reasonable attorney's fee and costs under §§ 6, 7 and 16 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, 52 Stat. 1060, 29 U.S.C.A. §§ 206, 207, 216. There is no dispute as to the findings of fact made by the lower court.

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