GARCIA-CELESTINO v. RUIZ HARVESTING, INC.

No. 16-10790.

843 F.3d 1276 (2016)

Gaudencio GARCIA-CELESTINO, individually and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated, Raymundo Cruz-Vicencio, individually and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated, Raul Ismael Estrada-Gabriel, individually and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated, Daniel Ferro-Nieves, individually and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated, Jose Manuel Ferro-Nieves, individually and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. RUIZ HARVESTING, INC., et al., Defendants, Consolidated Citrus Limited Partnership, Defendant-Appellant,

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Date Filed: December 15, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory Scott Schell , Florida Legal Services, Inc., Migrant Farmworker Justice Project, Palm Beach Gardens, FL, Cassandra Jae Capobianco , Florida Institutional Legal Services, Inc., Newberry, FL, James M. Knoepp , Sarah M. Rich , Southern Poverty Law Center, Atlanta, GA, Victoria Mesa-Estrada , Mesa Estrada Law Office, Boynton Beach, FL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

David John Stefany , Brian Koji , Allen Norton & Blue, PA, Shaina Thorpe , Thorpe & Thorpe PA, Tampa, FL, Chilton Varner , Merritt Ellen McAlister , Billie Barker Pritchard , King & Spalding, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant-Appellant

James Michael Honeycutt , Fisher & Phillips LLP, Charlotte, NC, Ann Margaret Pointer , Fisher & Phillips, LLP, Atlanta, GA, David Andrew Young , Fisher & Phillips, LLP, Orlando, FL, for Amici Curiae.

Before TJOFLAT and HULL, Circuit Judges, and BYRON, District Judge.


This appeal arises from a labor dispute involving the H-2A visa program. Defendant Consolidated Citrus Limited Partnership ("Consolidated Citrus") appeals from the district court's order granting judgment in favor of the plaintiffs and holding Consolidated Citrus liable as a joint...

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