Walling, Wage and Hour Administrator, v. General Industries Co. (330 U.S. 545)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided March 31, 1947 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 330 U.S. 545 · 67 S. Ct. 883
- Decided
- March 31, 1947
- Term
- October Term 1946
- Vote
- 6–3
- Majority author
- Justice Vinson
- Issue area
- Unions
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Outcome
- Petitioning party lost
- Ideological direction
- Conservative
Opinion excerpt
Mr. Chief Justice Vinson delivered the opinion of the Court. In a complaint filed in the District Court, petitioner charged that respondent was violating the Fair Labor Standards Act by failing to pay some of its employees time and one-half for statutory overtime, as required by § 7 (a) of the Act, and asked an injunction against continued violation. Respondent denied the charge, and separately alleged that any of its employees not compensated in accordance with the requirements of § 7 (a) were exempt from the Act by § 13 (a). The Court, without a jury, heard witnesses for both parties with respect to the compensation and status of three engineers in respondent’s power plant. It made special findings of fact, concluded that these men were exempt employees, and entered judgment for respondent. The Circuit Court of Appeals thought the evidence did not sustain the District Court’s findings relative to the engineers’ exempt status. But it thought that the District Court had also found the engineers’ compensation to be in accordance with the Act. It decided that the evidence was adequate to this end, and affirmed the District Court’s judgment. We granted certiorari to determine whether the ruling of the Circuit Court of Appeals was not inconsistent with this Court’s decision on computation of overtime in Overnight Motor Co. v. Missel, 316 U. S. 572. On argument here, however,…
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