SCHMITT v. WAR EMERGENCY PIPELINES

Civ. A. Nos. 1328, 1351, 1409.

72 F.Supp. 156 (1947)

SCHMITT et al. v. WAR EMERGENCY PIPELINES, Inc., et al.

District Court, E. D. Arkansas, W. D.

June 16, 1947.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Malcom W. Gannaway and Robert M. Gannaway, both of Little Rock, Ark., for plaintiffs.

John W. Barron and Rose, Dobyns, Meek & House, all of Little Rock, Ark., for defendants.


TRIMBLE, District Judge.

At the threshold of this case the Court is met by the jurisdictional inquiry: Whether War Emergency Pipelines, Inc., the employer, was exempt from the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C.A. § 201 et seq., as being a pipeline.

Plaintiffs in their original brief state the issue thus: "As a further defense, defendants allege that if plaintiffs were engaged in commerce or the production of goods for commerce...

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