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BALLOU v. GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY

No. 7039.

393 F.2d 398 (1968)

William R. BALLOU et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals First Circuit.

April 22, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert L. Goldman, Boston, Mass., with whom Angoff, Goldman, Manning & Pyle, Boston, Mass., was on brief, for appellants.

Laurence S. Fordham, Boston, Mass., with whom John G. S. Flym, and Foley, Hoag & Eliot, Mark F. Clark, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for appellee.

Before ALDRICH, Chief Judge, McENTEE and COFFIN, Circuit Judges.

McENTEE, Circuit Judge.

The issue presented in this case is whether class attendance and study exercises required of apprentices are principal activities as that term is used in section 4 of the Portal-to-Portal Act, 29 U.S.C. § 254.

Plaintiffs filed a complaint against their employer, General Electric Company, to recover payment of minimum and overtime wages for time spent as apprentices in required class attendance and study exercises. This time, which...

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