Word: lambs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...EDWARD LAMB...
Little Fire. It had all started in the little-noticed 5-to-2 decision of the Supreme Court in the case of Michigan's Mt. Clemens Pottery Co. Edward Lamb, who practices law in Toledo as a hobby, had represented 1,200 unionized pottery employes in a simple suit for back overtime pay (see LETTERS). They had asked to be paid for the 14 minutes they spent on company property before their paid shifts began and after they ended, a total of up to 56 minutes a day. Detroit's Federal Judge Frank A. Picard, able and conscientious...
Holocaust. The company might have paid and let the question drop. But it appealed, and won in the Circuit Court. Then Lamb appealed to the Supreme Court, and won. But he won this time on an entirely different ground-an issue that he had never raised. In a decision handed down by Justice Frank Murphy, the Court found that Judge Picard was wrong to ignore walking time and time spent preparing for work...
...which unions were swinging this legal club brought a cry of alarm last week from Judge Picard and even from Lawyer Lamb. Said Picard, who obviously thought many of the union suits were on flimsy ground: "There is no reason for this hysteria causing sleepless nights for some enterprises...
Said Lawyer Lamb: "It is unwise to specify these fabulous and reckless sums. They . . . may stir Congress to adopt restrictive legislation...