Walton v. Southern Package Corp., 320 U.S. 540 (1944)

Name: Walton v. Southern Package Corp., 320 U.S. 540 (1944) - Syllabus
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Walton v. Southern Package Corporation

No. 159

Argued December 17, 1943
Decided January 3, 1944
320 U.S. 540

CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF MISSISSIPPI

Syllabus

A night watchman for a manufacturing plant which shipped a substantial portion of its product in interstate commerce held covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 as one engaged in an "occupation necessary to the production" of goods for interstate commerce. P. 542.

194 Miss. 573, 11 So.2d 912, reversed.

Certiorari, post, p. 726, to review the reversal of a judgment for the petitioner in a suit to recover overtime compensation and liquidated damages under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Walton v. Southern Package Corp., 320 U.S. 540 (1944) in 320 U.S. 540 320 U.S. 541. Original Sources, accessed April 17, 2025, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=TFWIH4E1JJBB4V7.

MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Walton v. Southern Package Corp., 320 U.S. 540 (1944), in 320 U.S. 540, page 320 U.S. 541. Original Sources. 17 Apr. 2025. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=TFWIH4E1JJBB4V7.

Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Walton v. Southern Package Corp., 320 U.S. 540 (1944). cited in 1944, 320 U.S. 540, pp.320 U.S. 541. Original Sources, retrieved 17 April 2025, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=TFWIH4E1JJBB4V7.