Goldberg v. Roberts

291 F.2d 532 Arthur J. GOLDBERG, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor, Appellant, v. Conjetta R. ROBERTS, R. G. Roberts and Dessie Lang, Individually and as Copartners, Doing Business as Typing and Mailing Unlimited, Appellees. No. 16895. United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit. June 15, 1961. Harold C. Nystrom, Acting Solicitor, Charles Donahue, Solicitor, Bessie Margolin, Asst. Solicitor, Judah Best, Atty., U.S. Dept. of Labor, Washington, D.C., Kenneth C. Robertson, Regional Atty., Dept. of Labor, San Francisco, Cal., for appellant. W. Alan Thody, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellees. Before BARNES and MERRILL, Circuit Judges, and SWEIGERT, District judge. BARNES, Circuit Judge. 1 Section 17 of the Fair Labor Standards Act (29 U.S.C.A. 217) authorizes the district court to enjoin violations of the minimum wage, record keeping and shipping provisions of the Act. The Secretary of Labor Brought this action, under Section 17, to obtain such injunctive relief. This court has jurisdiction over the appeal. 28 U.S.C.A. 1291. 2 Appellees operate a 'letter shop.' Theirs is a service enterprise which involves the addressing, stuffing and mailing of letters for various…