LOPEZ-RIVAS v. DONOVAN

Civ. No. 78-2175CC.

629 F.Supp. 564 (1986)

Ceferino LOPEZ-RIVAS, Samuel Villegas-Rodriguez, Jesus M. Morales-Marrero, Heriberto Lopez-Rodriguez, Felix Figueroa Caraballo, Norberto Maldonado Santiago, Daniel Torres, Julio Rivera, Edwin Limardo, William Cruz Romero, Rene Troche Torres, Israel Vazquez Vazquez, Jose A. Valentin Torres, Carlos Ortiz Rodriguez, Wilfredo Justiniano, Francisco Rosa Diaz, Francisco Figueroa Montalvo, Luis Felix, Alberto Berrios Gonzalez, Samuel Alejandro Montes, Jose L. Gomez Vazquez, Epifanio Santos Gonzalez, William Ubiles Rivera, Anibal Colon Torres, Angel Luis Olmeda Reyes, Pedro Gonzalez Otero, Jose A. Rodriguez, Frumencio Matos Rodriguez, Leonardo Ramos Melendez, Arcadio Medina Martinez, Benito Sanchez Massas, Luis Rosado Ramos, Concepcion Lebron Burgos, Ramon Luis Romero, David Rivera Solero, Jose F. Torres Flores, Pedro Rios Ortiz, Jose Manuel Rodriguez, Hector L. Gonzalez, Rigoberto Cruz De Jesus, Carmelo Neris Munoz, Valentin Plaza Ramos, Gilberto Cordero Vazquez, Jose O. Ayala Santos, Plaintiffs, v. Raymond DONOVAN, Secretary of Labor of the United States in his official capacity, Ray D. Rinker Estate, C.L. Robinson, Moriello Brothers, Altamont Orchards, James B. Swing, Henry Brumback, Fay Marker Miller, Eugene R. Coy, William A. Coy, Wayne McInturff, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Puerto Rico.

February 28, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julio M. López-Keelan, Leopoldo Rivera-Rodriguez, P.R. Legal Services, Inc., Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, for plaintiffs.

Jorge L. Martinez, Goldman & Antonetti, Santurce, Puerto Rico, Eduardo Toro, Asst. U.S. Atty., Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

CEREZO, District Judge.

This complaint was filed on November 3, 1978, originally as a class action on behalf of approximately 1100 Puerto Rican migrant workers against approximately 102 individual and corporate defendants and the United States Secretary of Labor. The private defendants were various individuals and entities dedicated to commercial apple growing in several East Coast states (N.Y., W.Va., Va., and Md.) (apple growers...

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