S.P. GROWERS ASSN. v. RODRIGUEZ

Docket No. L.A. 30595.

17 Cal.3d 719 (1976)

552 P.2d 721

131 Cal. Rptr. 761

S.P. GROWERS ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. RUFINO RODRIGUEZ et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of California.

August 10, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Stephen A. Harvey and Richard A. Weinstock for Defendants and Appellants.

David Laufer, Cecily Nyomarky, Richard A. Weisz, James Mattesich, Richard Pearl and Manuel Medeiros as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.

Hathaway, Clabaugh, Perrett & Webster and Paul D. Powers for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

MOSK, J.

At issue is the right of a corporate agricultural employer to evict farmworker tenants from company-owned housing in retaliation for their role in filing suit against the company under the federal Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act.

Defendants are lemon pickers who were employees of plaintiff, a farm labor contractor. Plaintiff, through affiliated companies, provides housing to many of its employees, including...

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