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174 F.2d 646

Docket No. 12335.

McComb v. Crane

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Decided June 3, 1949.

Rehearing Denied July 30, 1949.

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · decided 1949-06-03

2 counsel of record

Applies 29 U.S.C. § 201 (American Samoa Labor Standards Amendments of 1956)

Relies on McComb v. Jacksonville Paper Co. · Walling v. Crane · Walling v. Crane

Opinion by (per_curiam) · Decided 1949-06-03

¶1*647See also Walling v. Crane, D.C.Ga., 64 F.Supp. 88; Walling v. Crane, C.A., 158 F.2d 80.

¶2Bessie Margolin, Asst. Sol., U. S. Dept. of Labor, Washington, D. C., James H. Shelton, Senior Atty., U. S. Dept. of Labor, Birmingham, Ala., Thos. T. Purdom, Atty., U. S. Dept. of Labor, Birmingham, Ala., Beverley R. Worrell, Regional Atty., U. S. Dept. of Labor, Birmingham, Ala., for appellant.

¶3Hugh Howell, Atlanta, Ga., Morris B. Abram, Atlanta, Ga., for appellees.

¶4Before HUTCHESON, SIBLEY and LEE, Circuit Judges.

¶5PER CURIAM.

¶6The judgment, appealed from in part, was rendered pursuant to the decision of this Court in this case, Walling v. Crane, 5 Cir., 158 F.2d 80, wherein we held it was not the intent of Congress that the Administrator should by injunction and civil contempt proceedings collect deficiencies in wages under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, 29 U.S.C.A. § 201 et seq. The Supreme Court has now held otherwise in McComb v. Jacksonville Paper Company, 336 U.S. 187, 69 S.Ct. 497. We are compelled to disavow our previous decision as the law of this case and to reverse the judgment appealed from. Because a fine was imposed as the sole purgation of the contempt and its amount may have been influenced thereby, we set aside the entire judgment in order that the district court may have a free hand in dealing further with the case.

¶7The judgment is reversed and the cause remanded for further proceedings not inconsistent with this opinion.

¶8Reversed.

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