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August Whitfield Moses, a truck driver for McKesson & Robbins, Inc., sued his employer under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, alleging unpaid overtime and minimum wages for work performed between 1938 and 1941. Moses's duties involved delivering wholesale drugs from the defendant's Houston, Texas warehouse to customers within Texas, though the goods originated from out-of-state. The core legal question was whether his intrastate delivery work was 'in commerce' as defined by the FLSA, given the interstate origin of the goods. The court determined that once the goods arrived and came to rest in the warehouse for local distribution, their interstate character ceased. Citing several precedents, the court ruled that Moses's employment was not subject to the FLSA, rendering a judgment in favor of the defendant.
Moses v. McKesson & Robbins, Inc. is a workers' compensation case decided in District Court, S.D. Texas. This case addresses legal issues related to compensation claims, benefits, and court rulings.
It is commonly referenced in legal research involving workers' compensation laws in District Court, S.D. Texas.
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August Whitfield Moses, a truck driver for McKesson & Robbins, Inc., sued his employer under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, alleging unpaid overtime and minimum wages for work performed between 1938 and 1941. Moses's duties involved delivering wholesale drugs from the defendant's Houston, Texas warehouse to customers within Texas, though the goods originated from out-of-state. The core legal question was whether his intrastate delivery work was 'in commerce' as defined by the FLSA, given the interstate origin of the goods. The court determined that once the goods arrived and came to rest in the warehouse for local distribution, their interstate character ceased. Citing several precedents, the court ruled that Moses's employment was not subject to the FLSA, rendering a judgment in favor of the defendant.
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