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

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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.