Glenn v. Southern Cal. Edison Co., Limited. Drake v. Southern Cal. Edison Co., Limited

This opinion treats of appeal from the two cases captioned above. They were consolidated for trial and briefing and we have taken our statement of the case from appellants’ opening brief but do not use quotation marks for the reason that we have made changes in the text by deletion and addition.

The first complaint [Glenn case only] was filed in the United States District Court March 19, 1945, setting forth an action by employees against their employer for overtime compensation, liquidated damages and attorneys’ fees under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, Act of June 25, 1938, c. 676, 52 Stat. 1060 , 29 U.S.C.A. § 201 et seq.

Following the enactment of the Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947, Act of May 14, 1947, c. 52, 61 Stat. 84 , 29 U.S.C.A. § 251 et seq., plaintiffs, in both the Glenn and Drake cases, filed their amended complaints on September 2, 1947. Issue was joined by the defendant’s answer to the pleadings, filed on that date.

These cases concern the right of employees to recover overtime compensation and liquidated damages under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and the Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947,' for work performed by the plaintiffs for the defendant. The work…