Omalley v. Ames‪.‬

COLLET, C.J.: The primary question is whether the plaintiffs in this action, a number of guards and firemen employed at the Glenn L. Martin plant near Omaha, Nebraska, during World War II, are entitled to recover wages under the Fair Labor Standards Act for a 30-minute period which has been called and which we will refer to as "lunch period". After making extensive and detailed findings of fact and stating its conclusions of law, the trial court entered judgment for plaintiffs totaling $60,980.14 as the amount of compensation due them. To that was added one-half of that amount as liquidated damages, and $15,000 attorney fees. From that judgment the defendant appeals. The facts material to the issues presented on this appeal follow.