Task: songer_applfrom

What follows is an opinion from a United States Court of Appeals. Your task is to identify the type of district court decision or judgment appealed from (i.e., the nature of the decision below in the district court).

BRATTON, Circuit Judge.
This was an action instituted by Virgil Clark, for himself and others similarly situated, against The E. C. Schroeder Company, a corporation, to recover overtime compensation, liquidated damages, and attorney’s fees, under the Fair Labor Standards Act, 52 Stat. 1060, 29 U.S.C.A. § 201 et seq. The defendant joined issue. The court entered judgment for plaintiffs; and defendant appealed.
In E. C. Schroeder Co. v. Clifton, 10 Cir., 153 F.2d 385, certiorari denied 328 U.S. 858, 66 S.Ct. 1351, 90 L.Ed. 1629, it was held that employees of the company engaged in the quarrying and processing of stone for gravel cushion and riprap and in the hauling of some of the finished product to the dyke being constructed around the Cumberland Oil Field where crude oil was produced for commerce were entitled to overtime compensation, liquidated damages, and attorney’s fees, under the Act, supra. The plaintiffs here were co-workers with such employees there, all being engaged in performing like duties. On the authority of that case, the judgment is
Affirmed.

Question: What is the type of district court decision or judgment appealed from (i.e., the nature of the decision below in the district court)?
A. Trial (either jury or bench trial)
B. Injunction or denial of injunction or stay of injunction
C. Summary judgment or denial of summary judgment
D. Guilty plea or denial of motion to withdraw plea
E. Dismissal (include dismissal of petition for habeas corpus)
F. Appeals of post judgment orders (e.g., attorneys' fees, costs, damages, JNOV - judgment nothwithstanding the verdict)
G. Appeal of post settlement orders
H. Not a final judgment: interlocutory appeal
I. Not a final judgment: mandamus
J. Other (e.g., pre-trial orders, rulings on motions, directed verdicts) or could not determine nature of final judgment
K. Does not fit any of the above categories, but opinion mentions a "trial judge"
L. Not applicable (e.g., decision below was by a federal administrative agency, tax court)
Answer:

Answer: J