Source: https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/383/190
Timestamp: 2020-04-08 16:40:37
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 15', '§ 206', '§ 3', '§ 203', '§ 13', '§ 13', '§ 13']

IDAHO SHEET METAL WORKS, INC., Petitioner, v. W. Willard WIRTZ, Secretary of Labor. W. Willard WIRTZ, Secretary of Labor, Petitioner, v. STEEPLETON GENERAL TIRE COMPANY, Inc., et al. | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
383 U.S. 190 (86 S.Ct. 737, 15 L.Ed.2d 694)
Argued: Dec. 8, 1965.
Syllabus from pages 190-191 intentionally omitted
Of the cases before us, the first one, No. 30, stems from two consolidated actions brought by the Secretary of Labor against Idaho Sheet Metal Works, Inc. (Idaho Sheet). By one action the Secretary sought to enjoin future disregard of the Act's overtime provisions, and by the other he sought to collect on behalf of one employee unpaid overtime compensation for a period during the year 1960. See §§ 15—17, 52 Stat. 1068—1069, as amended, 29 U.S.C. 215—217 (1964 ed.). The ensuing litigation established that Idaho Sheet operates a plant in Burley, Idaho, where it employs about 12 workers to fabricate, install, and maintain sheet metal products. Many articles are sold to individuals, farmers, and local merchants, the plant has display racks to show its wares, and about 60% of sales in number are said to be to 'the general public' as opposed to industrial customers. About 83% of the gross income, however, is derived from metal work done on equipment used by five potato processing companies which dehydrate and freeze the potatoes for interstate shipment.
52 Stat. 1060, as amended, 29 U.S.C. 201—219 (1964 ed.). Sections 6, 7, codified as §§ 206, 207, respectively cover minimum wages and overtime pay. The commerce coverage of the Act, through a special definition of 'production,' is drawn in generous terms. See § 3(j), codified as § 203(j).
52 Stat. 1067, as amended, 29 U.S.C. 213(a)(2) (1964 ed.). The section provides that the minimum wage and overtime pay provisions of the Act shall not apply to:
This requirement has been met by the companies in this case. Section 13(a)(4) of the Act, added in 1949 by 63 Stat. 917, 29 U.S.C. 213(a)(4) (1964 ed.), provides that an establishment that makes or processes the goods it sells may qualify as exempt if it meets the tests of § 13(a)(2) and 'is recognized as a retail establishment in the particular industry' and makes more than 85% of its annual dollar volume of sales of such goods within the State. So far as the companies in this case may be deemed to make or process the goods they sell, the Government is apparently satisfied that the added requirements of § 13(a)(4) have been met or at least is unwilling to rely upon them.
Section 13(a)(19), added in 1961 by 75 Stat. 73, 29 U.S.C. 213(a)(19) (1964 ed.), exempts from the minimum wage and overtime pay requirements 'any employee of a retail or service establishment which is primarily engaged in the business of selling automobiles, trucks, or farm implements' regardless of whether the establishment meets the further tests of § 13(a)(2), notably those added in 1961, see n. 4, supra, and accompanying text. Quite evidently this section contemplates that a business primarily selling trucks may be a retail establishment.