BALDERAS v. La CASITA FARMS, INC.

No. 73-3699.

500 F.2d 195 (1974)

Juventino BALDERAS, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross Appellee, v. La CASITA FARMS, INC., Defendant-Appellee-Cross Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 30, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David G. Hall, Am. Civ. Liberties Union Foundation, San Juan, Tex., Jim Heidelberg, San Antonio, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant-cross appellee.

James A. Herrmann, Washington, D. C., for MLAP.

Gary R. Gurwitz, McAllen, Tex., for defendant-appellee-cross appellant.

Before TUTTLE, DYER and GEE, Circuit Judges.


DYER, Circuit Judge:

The United Farmworkers Organizing Committee (UFWOC) is a labor organization, active in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas, consisting primarily of Mexican-American farmworkers. The principal issue presented in this case is whether an employer's discharge of a Mexican-American employee who is associated with the UFWOC contravenes Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C.A. § 2000e et seq., by virtue of the organization's official...

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