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COLEMAN v. SANDERSON FARMS, INC.

No. 79-3624. Summary Calendar.

629 F.2d 1077 (1980)

William COLEMAN et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SANDERSON FARMS, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit A.

November 5, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter K. Smith, Quitman, Miss., William B. Sullivan, Laurel, Miss., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Donald S. Shire, Associate Sol., Mary-Helen Mautner, Thomas Allen, U. S. Dept. of Labor, Washington, D. C., amicus curiae.

Kullman, Lang, Inman & Bee, Walter W. Christy, New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellee.

Before CHARLES CLARK, REAVLEY and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

CHARLES CLARK, Circuit Judge.

The integration of the broiler chicken industry continues to produce litigation in this circuit. The issue on this appeal is whether the "loader operators" and "live haul drivers" for Sanderson Farms, Inc. are "employees employed in agriculture" and thereby exempt from the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act. We conclude that they are agricultural employees and affirm the district court.

The facts are largely undisputed...

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