The truck drivers argued that 'packing for shipment or distribution' referred to a single job, and that since they only delivered goods rather than packing them, they were owed overtime pay.
Notes on verification
Directly confirmed by the First Circuit's opinion text in O'Connor v. Oakhurst Dairy (2017), corroborated by multiple independent legal and news sources including govinfo.gov, CourtListener, Justia, NBC News, and NPR. [tier=gold indep_score=0.756 clusters=5 claim_tier=notable | framework convergence=single on the official First Circuit court opinion text, which all secondary sources cite or paraphrase (upstreams: First Circuit Court of Appeals opinion in O'Connor v. Oakhurst Dairy, 851 F.3d 69 (1st Cir. 2017)) — publishers independent, evidence may not be | kind=attributed eligibility=high]
Sources
- A Missing Oxford Comma Just Changed the Course of a Court Case (seed:law_and_crime)
- https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4374922/oconnor-v-oakhurst-dairy/ (corroboration)
- https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCOURTS-ca1-16-01901/pdf/USCOURTS-ca1-16-01901-0.pdf (corroboration)
- https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca1/16-1901/16-1901-2017-03-13.html (corroboration)
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