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TONY & SUSAN ALAMO FOUNDATION v. SEC'Y OF LABOR

No. 83-1935.

471 U.S. 290 (1985)

105 S.Ct. 1953

85 L.Ed.2d 278

TONY AND SUSAN ALAMO FOUNDATION ET AL. v. SECRETARY OF LABOR

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 23, 1985

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy Gean, Jr., argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs was Roy Gean III.

Charles Fried argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Lee, Michael W. McConnell, Karen I. Ward, Sandra Lord, and Barbara J. Johnson.*

JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the Court.

The threshold question in this case is whether the minimum wage, overtime, and recordkeeping requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act, 52 Stat. 1060, as amended, 29 U. S. C. § 201 et seq., apply to workers engaged in the commercial activities of a religious foundation, regardless of whether those workers consider themselves "employees." A secondary question...

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