Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

McKinney v. Kelley

2 L. Ed. 2d 1147

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1958-06-02
Topic
general

holding that “and” was disjunctive in the context of a statute that required an employer to pay overtime wages to employees “engaged in the ginning and compressing of cotton” | interpreting the phrase "ginning and compressing of cotton” to mean "the performance of either or both” | “the word ‘and’ is not a word with a single meaning, for chameleonlike, it takes its color from its surroundings” | per curiam opinion denying petition for rehearing

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Supreme Court of Vermont. Certiorari denied.