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PETERSEN v. TALISMAN SUGAR CORPORATION

No. 72-2057.

478 F.2d 73 (1973)

Judith Ann PETERSEN et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. TALISMAN SUGAR CORPORATION et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 3, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph C. Segor, Miami, Fla., Timothy Dyk, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs-appellants.

William N. Lobel, Miami, Fla., Erle Phillips, Charles Kelso, Atlanta, Ga., for Talisman.

Kirk Sullivan, West Palm Beach, Fla., for Heidtman.

Before TUTTLE, WISDOM and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges.

TUTTLE, Circuit Judge:

Talisman Sugar Corporation, a sugar cane grower and producer, paid passage for approximately 1,000 Jamaican workers to work at and live on its sugar plantation from November, 1971 to March, 1972. The Jamaicans were hired under a contract complying with federal regulations,1 and were brought to live in a camp near Belle Glade, Florida.

The camp consisted of housing for 1050 in the form of concrete block buildings...

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