MARSHALL v. COASTAL GROWERS ASS'N

Nos. 76-3052, 76-3053, 76-3054 and 76-3117.

598 F.2d 521 (1979)

Ray MARSHALL, Secretary of Labor, U. S. Department of Labor, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. COASTAL GROWERS ASSOCIATION, a corporation, Defendant-Appellant. Ray MARSHALL, Secretary of Labor, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MATILIJA GROWERS ASSOCIATION, a corporation, Defendant-Appellant. Ray MARSHALL, Secretary of Labor, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. S & F GROWERS, a corporation, Defendant-Appellant. EL COMITE DE CAMPESINOS DE S P GROWERS et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. S P GROWERS ASSOCIATION et al., Defendants-Appellants. Ray MARSHALL, Secretary of Labor, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellee, v. S P GROWERS ASSOCIATION et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

June 11, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald E. Warner, Jr., Tuttle & Taylor, A. James Roberts, III, (argued), Los Angeles, Cal., on brief for defendants-appellants.

Eric R. Schwartz, Stephen A. Harvey, Willow Creek, Cal., William S. Finger, on brief; Burton D. Fretz, Ray A. Padilla, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before MERRILL and HUG, Circuit Judges, and BOHANON, District Judge.


BOHANON, District Judge:

At issue are certain district court decisions determining appellants to be "farm labor contractors" within the meaning of the Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act (hereinafter "the Act") 7 U.S.C. § 2041 et seq. Four cases have been consolidated for appeal purposes, all involving organizations which have never obtained certificates of registration under the Act.

Appellants' organizational structures and business operations are...

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