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OVERSTREET v. NORTH SHORE CORP.

No. 284.

318 U.S. 125 (1943)

63 S.Ct. 494

87 L.Ed. 656

OVERSTREET ET AL. v. NORTH SHORE CORPORATION.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 1, 1943.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Lucien H. Boggs for petitioners.

By special leave of Court, Assistant Attorney General Shea argued the cause (Solicitor General Fahy and Messrs. Irving J. Levy and Peter Seitz were on the brief) for the Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, U.S. Department of Labor, as amicus curiae.

Mr. Roswell P.C. May, with whom Mr. W. Gregory Smith was on the brief, for respondent.

Mr. Harry J. Gerrity filed a brief on behalf of the American Toll Bridge Association et al., as amici curiae, urging affirmance.

MR. JUSTICE MURPHY delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is another case in which we must define the scope of the Fair Labor Standards Act.1 52 Stat. 1060, 29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq. The precise question is whether petitioners, who are engaged in maintaining or operating a toll road and a drawbridge over a navigable waterway which together constitute a medium for the interstate movement of goods and persons, are "engaged in...

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