Armour & Co. v. Wantock

Armour & Co v. Wantock
Armour & Co v. Wantock
	Supreme Court of the United States
Argued Oct 13, 1944; Decided Dec 4, 1944
Full case name	Armour & Co v. Wantock, et al
Citations	323 U.S. 126 (more) 65 S. Ct. 165; 89 L. Ed. 118
Case history
Prior	140 F.2d 356 (7th Cir. 1944)
Holding
	Fire guards employed by a manufacturer of goods for interstate commerce are covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as employed in an "occupation necessary to the production" of goods for interstate commerce.
Court membership
	Chief Justice Harlan F. Stone Associate Justices Owen Roberts · Hugo Black; Stanley F. Reed · Felix Frankfurter; William O. Douglas · Frank Murphy; Robert H. Jackson · Wiley B. Rutledge
Case opinion
Majority	Jackson, joined by unanimous
Laws applied
	Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938

Armour & Co v. Wantock, 323 U.S. 126 (1944), is a US labor law case, concerning the minimum wage.

Armour & Co v. Wantock
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued Oct 13, 1944 Decided Dec 4, 1944
Full case name	Armour & Co v. Wantock, et al
Citations	323 U.S. 126 (more) 65 S. Ct. 165; 89 L. Ed. 118
Case history
Prior	140 F.2d 356 (7th Cir. 1944)
Holding
Fire guards employed by a manufacturer of goods for interstate commerce are covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as employed in an "occupation necessary to the production" of goods for interstate commerce.
Court membership
Chief Justice Harlan F. Stone Associate Justices Owen Roberts · Hugo Black Stanley F. Reed · Felix Frankfurter William O. Douglas · Frank Murphy Robert H. Jackson · Wiley B. Rutledge
Case opinion
Majority	Jackson, joined by unanimous
Laws applied
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938