ROBERG v. HENRY PHIPPS ESTATE

No. 303, Docket 20227.

156 F.2d 958 (1946)

ROBERG et al. v. HENRY PHIPPS ESTATE et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

July 16, 1946.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred S. Julien, of New York City, for plaintiffs.

Harold H. Levin, of New York City (Proskauer, Rose, Goetz & Mendelsohn and Joseph M. Proskauer, all of New York City, on the brief), for defendants.

William S. Tyson, Sol., and Morton Liftin, Asst. Sol., both of Washington, D. C., Irving Rozen, Regional Atty., of New York City, and Eugene Green, Atty., U. S. Dept. of Labor, of Washington, D. C., for the Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, U. S. Dept. of Labor, amicus curiæ.

Before CHASE, CLARK, and FRANK, Circuit Judges.


CLARK, Circuit Judge.

This is an action by nine painters and one window cleaner, all employed by the defendant corporations in various buildings in the City of New York, to recover overtime wages, liquidated damages, and counsel fees under § 16(b) of the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C.A. § 216(b). It presents once again the recurrent question of the coverage of building maintenance workers in New York City. In addition, one of the plaintiffs, alleging...

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