MANEJA v. WAIALUA AGRICULTURAL CO.

No. 357.

349 U.S. 254 (1955)

MANEJA ET AL. v. WAIALUA AGRICULTURAL CO., LTD.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 23, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Gladstein argued the cause for Maneja et al. With him on the brief was Norman Leonard.

By invitation of the Court, 348 U.S. 870, Bessie Margolin argued the cause for the Secretary of Labor, as amicus curiae, urging reversal. With her on the brief were Solicitor General Sobeloff, Stuart Rothman and Harold S. Saxe.

Refus G. Poole argued the cause for the Waialua Agricultural Co., Ltd. With him on the brief were Livingston Jenks, Milton C. Denbo and Philip Levy.

Paul E. Mathias filed a brief for the American Farm Bureau Federation, as amicus curiae, supporting the Waialua Agricultural Co., Ltd.


MR. JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case involves, primarily, the coverage of the agriculture exemption1 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, 52 Stat. 1060, as amended, 29 U. S. C. § 201 et seq. The petitioners are 31 employees of respondent corporation,2 which is engaged in the growing, harvesting and processing of sugar cane at its plantation in the Territory of Hawaii...

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