East Asiatic Co.—New York Agency Inc. v. United States

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• concluding that “inmates . . . who are required to work as part of their sentences and perform labor within a correctional facility as part of a state-run prison industries program are not ‘employees’ within the meaning of the Fair Labor Standards Act”
• “[T]he FLSA was ... intended to prevent unfair competition resulting from the use of underpaid labor.”
• “Ashurst-Sumners does not provide a private cause of action, either expressly or by implication. Furthermore, Ashurst-Sumners creates no federal right enforceable by way of 42 U.S.C. § 1983.”

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