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ALSTATE CONSTRUCTION CO. v. DURKIN.

No. 296.

345 U.S. 13 (1953)

73 S.Ct. 565

97 L.Ed. 745

ALSTATE CONSTRUCTION CO. v. DURKIN, SECRETARY OF LABOR.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 9, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel A. Schreckengaust, Jr. argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief was Gilbert Nurick.

Bessie Margolin argued the cause for respondent. With her on the brief were Solicitor General Cummings and William S. Tyson.

Charles A. Horsky, W. Crosby Roper, Jr. and Amy Ruth Mahin filed a brief for the National Sand & Gravel Association, as amicus curiae, urging reversal.

MR. JUSTICE BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.

Section 7 (a) of the Fair Labor Standards Act requires employers to pay each employee covered by the Act not less than one and one-half times his regular pay rate for every hour worked in excess of a forty-hour week; § 11 (c) requires employers to keep appropriate employment records.1 Employees covered are defined as those "engaged in commerce...

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