COLE v. FARM FRESH POULTRY, INC.

No. 86-7316.

824 F.2d 923 (1987)

Johnnie Mae COLE, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. FARM FRESH POULTRY, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 19, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George C. Longshore, Birmingham, Ala., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Linda Jan S. Pack, Counsel for Appellate Litigation, Office of Solicitor, U.S. Dept. of Labor, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae.

Constangy, Brooks & Smith, Terry Price and Edward Katze, Atlanta, Ga., for defendant-appellee.

Before RONEY, Chief Judge, JOHNSON, Circuit Judge, and ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.


ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.

In this appeal the plaintiffs-appellants argue that the district judge erred in determining that the defendant-appellee Farm Fresh Poultry Co., Inc. ("Farm Fresh") was entitled to the benefit of the Portal-to-Portal Act's good-faith defense. We agree and will reverse and remand the case to the district court.

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Farm Fresh operates a chicken processing plant in Alexander City, Alabama. Johnnie Mae Cole and the other...

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