HAYS v. POTLATCH FORESTS, INC.

No. 71-1456.

465 F.2d 1081 (1972)

Arthur H. HAYS, Commissioner of Labor, State of Arkansas, Appellee, v. POTLATCH FORESTS, INC., Appellant, Arkansas State AFL-CIO, International Woodworkers of America, AFL-CIO, and Locals 5-332 and 5-484 of International Woodworkers of America, AFL-CIO, Intervenors. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, an Agency of the United States, Amicus Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided July 20, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill S. Clark, Williamson, Williamson & Ball, Monticello, Ark., Smith, Williams, Friday, Eldredge & Clark, Little Rock, Ark., for appellant.

John T. Lavey, Arkansas Dept. of Labor, Little Rock, Ark., for Commissioner.

James E. Youngdahl, Little Rock, Ark., for intervenor.

Peter Janiak, Atty., Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, D. C., John de J. Pemberton, Jr., Acting Gen. Counsel, Julia P. Cooper, Chief, Appellate Section, Washington, D. C., for Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Before BREITENSTEIN, Senior Circuit Judge, HEANEY and STEPHENSON, Circuit Judges.


HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

We are asked on this appeal to determine the validity of an Arkansas statute1 which requires the appellant, Potlatch Forests, Inc., to pay its female employees time and a half for all hours worked in excess of eight hours per day.

Potlatch is an Arkansas employer of both male and female employees, who are admittedly covered by both Title VII of the Civil Rights...

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