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· 4/23/1985

Tony and Susan Alamo Foundation v. Secretary of Labor

Citations

  • 471 U.S. 290
  • 105 S. Ct. 1953
  • 85 L. Ed. 2d 278
  • 1985 U.S. LEXIS 3
  • 27 Wage & Hour Cas. (BNA) 209
  • 53 U.S.L.W. 4489
  • 36 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 35,147

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that a religious foundation is an “enterprise engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce” within the meaning of the Fair Labor Standards Act
  • holding that requirements of Fair Labor Standards Act foster no impermissible entanglement
  • stating that the FLSA should be construed to the fullest extent of its intended purpose
  • stating that the FLSA should be construed to the fullest extent of its intended purpose
  • stating that nonentanglement principle \does not exempt religious organizations from such secular governmental activity as fire inspections and building and zoning regulations\ or the recordkeeping requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act
  • stating that the FLSA should be construed to the fullest extent of its intended purpose

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Judges: White

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