CRUZ v. U.S.

No. C-01-00892 CRB.

219 F.Supp.2d 1027 (2002)

Senorino R. CRUZ, et al., Plaintiffs, v. U.S.A., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. California.

August 23, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Valeriano Saucedo, Miner, Barnhill & Galland, Visalia, CA, Paul A. Strauss, Miner, Barnhill & Galland, Chicago, IL, Morris J. Baller, Laura L. Ho, Debra A. Smith, Saperstein, Goldstein, Demchak & Baller, Oakland, CA, Matthew J. Piers, Jonathan A. Rothstein, Frederick S. Rhine, Gessler, Hughes & Socol, Ltd., Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs.

Jean Lin, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civil Division — Federal Programs Branch, Washington, DC, for U.S.

Raymond C. Marshall, Bingham McCutchen, LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Wells Fargo Bank.

Jonathan I. Blackman, Cristina M. Posa, Clearly, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, New York City, for Banco De Mexico, S.A., Banco De Credito Rural, S.A., Estados Unidos Mexicanos, Banco National De Credito Rural, SNC, and Patronato Del Ahorro Nacional.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

BREYER, District Judge.

These cases were brought by individuals from Mexico, known as braceros, who worked in the United States during World War II and some period of time thereafter. While working in the United States, the braceros had a portion of their wages withheld. The withheld wages were deposited in a United States bank and then transferred to a Mexican bank. The withholdings were to be refunded when the braceros returned to...

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