MARTIN v. McALLISTER LIGHTERAGE LINE

No. 219, Docket 22548.

205 F.2d 623 (1953)

MARTIN et al. v. McALLISTER LIGHTERAGE LINE, Inc. et al.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided June 25, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nathan D. Aron, Brooklyn, N. Y., for appellants.

Foley & Martin, New York City, Christopher E. Heckman and William J. O'Brien, New York City, of counsel, for certain appellees.

Burlingham, Hupper & Kennedy, New York City, Herbert M. Lord, New York City, of counsel, for Manhattan Lighterage Corp., appellee.

Before SWAN, Chief Judge, and AUGUSTUS N. HAND and FRANK, Circuit Judges.


SWAN, Chief Judge.

The appellants are 42 "scow captains," each of whom was employed on a deck scow by one of the seven appellees. The question presented by the appeal is whether the men are entitled under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, 29 U.S. C.A. § 201 et seq., to recover minimum wages, overtime wages, liquidated damages and attorneys' fees for work performed during the two year period immediately preceding...

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