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BROOKS v. HESS OIL V.I. CORP.

No. 86-3048.

809 F.2d 206 (1987)

William BROOKS, et al. v. HESS OIL V.I. CORP., Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided January 12, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary J. Wolfe (Argued), Hill, Betts, & Nash, New York City, Alexander A. Farrelly, Birch, de Jongh & Farrelly, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, for appellant.

Harry A. Ezratty (Argued), San Juan, Puerto Rico, Gerald T. Groner, St. Croix, Virgin Islands, for appellees.

Frank L. Wiswall, Jr., Reston, Virginia, for the Republic of Liberia as amicus curiae.

Before SLOVITER, STAPLETON and ROSENN, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROSENN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal from an interlocutory order1 presents an unusual and knotty question requiring a United States federal court to decide whether an American company violated Liberian law in paying overtime wages due its merchant seamen under a collective bargaining agreement (CBA). Hess Oil Virgin Islands Corp. (HOVIC), the employer, is an American...

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