BRENNAN v. HARRISON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI

No. 73-3604.

505 F.2d 901 (1975)

Peter J. BRENNAN, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HARRISON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 2, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Beverley R. Worrell, Regional Sol., Norman H. Winston, Associate Regional Sol., Leighton A. Beers, Jr., George D. Palmer, Attys., U. S. Dept. of Labor, Birmingham, Ala., William J. Kilberg, Sol., Donald S. Shire, Deputy Associate Sol., Carin Ann Clauss, U. S. Dept. of Labor, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-appellant.

Boyce Holleman, Jim Rose, Gulfport, Miss., for defendants-appellees.

Before COLEMAN, CLARK and RONEY, Circuit Judges.


COLEMAN, Circuit Judge.

This is a suit brought by the Secretary of Labor against the Board of Supervisors of Harrison County, Mississippi, (governing authority of that County) for injunctive relief and back pay for county employees who work at the Harrison County Home for the Poor. The Secretary contends that these employees are entitled to the minimum wages and overtime compensation prescribed by the Fair Labor Standards Act. The County denies coverage, a position...

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