The dairy argued that 'packing for shipment' and 'distribution' were two different jobs under Maine's overtime exemption statute.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by primary court opinion (First Circuit, O'Connor v. Oakhurst Dairy) and multiple independent legal secondary sources describing the dairy's argument about the Oxford comma exemption clause.
Sources
- A Missing Oxford Comma Just Changed the Course of a Court Case (smithsonianmag.com)
- https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4374922/oconnor-v-oakhurst-dairy/ (courtlistener.com)
- https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-1st-circuit/1852572.html (caselaw.findlaw.com)
- https://case-law.vlex.com/vid/connor-v-oakhurst-dairy-894414540 (case-law.vlex.com)
- https://www.studicata.com/case-briefs/case/o-connor-v-oakhurst-dairy (studicata.com)
- https://www.quimbee.com/cases/o-connor-v-oakhurst-dairy (quimbee.com)
- https://www.fedbar.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Commentary-pdf-1.pdf (fedbar.org)