Mateo v. Auto Rental Company

240 F.2d 831 Ernest MATEO, Joseph Oku, Joseph K. Nakila, Joseph Acello, Wade H. Redmon, Harry L. Perry, Herman K. Kapule, Kenton Aichele, William T. Ahia, and James B. Jay, on behalf of themselves and on behalf of other employees of the defendants similarly situated, Appellants, v. AUTO RENTAL COMPANY, Ltd., and Thacker Transportation Co., Ltd., Appellees. No. 15227. United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit. January 23, 1957. Gill, Kokubun, Doi & Shim, Thomas P. Gill, Honolulu, Hawaii, for appellant. Ernest C. Moore, Jr., Honolulu, Hawaii (Moore, Torkildson & Rice, Honolulu, Hawaii, of counsel), for appellee. Stuart Rothman, Sol., Bessie Margolin, Asst. Sol., Sylvia S. Ellison, Atty., U. S. Dept. of Labor, Washington, D. C., Kenneth C. Robertson, Reg. Atty., U. S. Dept. of Labor, San Francisco, Cal., for James P. Mitchell, as amicus curiae. Before ORR, CHAMBERS and BARNES, Circuit Judges. BARNES, Circuit Judge. 1 This appeal raises primarily a question relating to the scope of coverage of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, 29 U.S.C.A. § 201 et seq. The District Court held that appellants were not employees "engaged in commerce" within the meaning of…