ALVAREZ v. JOAN OF ARC, INC.

Nos. 80-2041 and 80-2106.

658 F.2d 1217 (1981)

Guadalupe F. ALVAREZ, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, Cross-Appellees, v. JOAN OF ARC, INC., Defendant-Appellee, Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 8, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. Thomas Hecht, Ill. Migrant Legal Asst., Proj. Leg. Asst. Found. of Chgo., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants-cross-appellees.

Richard C. Kavanagh, Julian E. Cannell, Peoria, Ill., for defendant-appellee-cross-appellant.

Before CUMMINGS, Chief Judge, GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge, and BAUER, Circuit Judge.


CUMMINGS, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant Guadalupe Alvarez and all other members of the plaintiff class1 are Spanish-speaking migrant farmworkers. In April 1978 they traveled from Texas to Illinois to work for defendant Joan of Arc, Inc. (sometimes "Company") harvesting asparagus. Plaintiffs claim that Joan of Arc violated the Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act ("FLCRA"), 7 U.S.C. §§ 2041 et seq., the Wagner-Peyser...

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