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SPROUSE v. FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INC.

No. 73-1470 Summary Calendar.

480 F.2d 1 (1973)

Irby SPROUSE, Jr., and Kermit Stubblefield, Individually and on behalf of other inmate employees of the Federal Prison Industries, Inc., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 18, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hames & Hyatt, Wayne Hyatt, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiffs-appellants.

John W. Stokes, Jr., U. S. Atty., Anthony M. Arnold, Asst. U. S. Atty., Atlanta, Ga., for defendant-appellee.

Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, and DYER and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges.

DYER, Circuit Judge:

This appeal involves a back pay suit against the Federal Prison Industries, Inc., (FPI) brought by 187 inmates at the federal penitentiaries in Atlanta, Georgia, and Marion, Illinois. Alleging that the $.21-.51 hourly wage rate at which prisoners are compensated is substantially below the federal statutory minimum wage of $1.60 per hour, the inmates seek back wages, liquidated damages, and attorney's fees for violation of the minimum wage and...

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