KNUDSEN v. LEE & SIMMONS


89 F.Supp. 400 (1949)

KNUDSEN et al. v. LEE & SIMMONS, Inc.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

September 23, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abraham M. Fisch, New York City (Abraham M. Fisch, Sidney Schiffman, Daniel H. Greenberg, New York City, of counsel), for plaintiffs.

Hagen & Eidenbach, New York City (Charles W. Hagen and Thomas A. McDonald, New York City, of counsel), for defendant.


KNOX, Chief Judge.

This suit was begun in 1943, when the employees of a number of lighterage firms in the New York area sued their respective employers for overtime pay, together with liquidated damages under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, 29 U.S.C.A. § 201 et seq. Civil 23-517.

One of the defendants moved for summary judgment, on the ground that its employees were seamen, and hence exempt from the Act. That motion was granted by the District Judge...

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