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DIAZ v. ROBERT RUIZ, INC.

No. 85-2740.

808 F.2d 427 (1987)

Gumecinda, Ortencia, Jaime, Javier, Ofelia and Gerardo DIAZ; Irma and Felipe Diaz; Paula and Iliana Espericueta: Juanita and Jesus P. Martinez and Sara Martinez, Plaintiffs-Appellants Cross-Appellees, v. ROBERT RUIZ, INC., Defendant-Appellee Cross-Appellant, and Jose Caamel, Roberto Gomez and Roy Herber, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 27, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Debra A. Smith, Texas Rural Legal Aid, Inc., Farm Worker Div., Randall C. Marshall, Hereford, Tex., David G. Hall, Texas Rural Legal Aid, Inc., Weslaco, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants cross-appellees.

Alejandro Moreno, Jr., Ricardo Flores, Pharr, Tex., for defendant-appellee cross-appellant.

Before DAVIS, GARZA, and JONES, Circuit Judges.

EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs, migrant and seasonal farmworkers, filed suit under the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA"), Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act ("FLCRA"), and state contract law against a packing shed and various individuals. On the eve of trial, the parties settled all claims except for attorneys' fees and proceeded to trial on that issue. After an evidentiary hearing, the district court awarded...

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