BOWMAN v. TEXAS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, INC.

No. 71-1949.

454 F.2d 1097 (1972)

May E. BOWMAN et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. TEXAS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 31, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ed J. Polk, James A. Johnston, Marvin Menaker, Johnston, Polk & Larson, Bader, Wilson, Menaker & Cox, Dallas, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Morgan Hunter, George D. Byfield, Austin, Tex., for defendant-appellee.

Before GEWIN, GOLDBERG, and DYER, Circuit Judges.


GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:

Twenty "night resident advisers" of a Job Corps project in McKinney, Texas, brought suit to increase their yearly salaries to figures ranging from $12,000 to $15,000, or about twice their presently remitted salaries. They compute this increase in their worth by asking this court to include their sleeping time, at time-and-a-half, under Section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards Act.1 In addition, they demand the statutory...

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