Anderson v. Mt. Clemens Pottery Co.

Anderson v. Mt. Clemens Pottery Co., 328 U.S. 680 (1946), is a decision by the US Supreme Court that held that preliminary work activities, if controlled by the employer and performed entirely for the employer's benefit, are properly included as working time under Fair Labor Standards Act. The decision is known as the "portal to portal case."

Anderson v. Mt. Clemens Pottery Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued January 29, 1946
Decided June 10, 1946
Full case nameAnderson, et al. v. Mt. Clemens Pottery Co.
Citations328 U.S. 680 (more)
66 S. Ct. 1187; 90 L. Ed. 1515; 1946 U.S. LEXIS 3065; 11 Lab. Cas. (CCH) ¶ 51,233
Case history
PriorAnderson v. Mt. Clemens Pottery Co., 60 F. Supp. 146 (E.D. Mich. 1943); reversed, Mt. Clemens Pottery Co. v. Anderson, 149 F.2d 461 (6th Cir. 1945); cert. granted, 326 U.S. 706 (1945).
SubsequentPetition for rehearing denied, 329 U.S. 822 (1946).
Holding
Preliminary work activities, if controlled by the employer and performed entirely for the employer's benefit, are properly included in the statutory workweek under Fair Labor Standards Act.
Court membership
Chief Justice
vacant
Associate Justices
Hugo Black · Stanley F. Reed
Felix Frankfurter · William O. Douglas
Frank Murphy · Robert H. Jackson
Wiley B. Rutledge · Harold H. Burton
Case opinions
MajorityMurphy, joined by Black, Reed, Douglas, Rutledge
DissentBurton, joined by Frankfurter
Jackson took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
Laws applied
Fair Labor Standards Act
Abrogated by
Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947

The Supreme Court reaffirmed Anderson v. Mt. Clemens Pottery in its 2016 ruling in Tyson Foods, Inc. v. Bouaphakeo, No. 14-1146 (March 22, 2016).

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