ATONIO v. WARDS COVE PACKING CO., INC.

Nos. 83-4263, 84-3527.

810 F.2d 1477 (1987)

Frank ATONIO, Eugene Baclig, Randy del Fierro, Clarke Kido, Lester Kuramoto, Alan Lew, Curtis Lew, Robert Morris, Joaquin Arruiza, Barbara Viernes, as administratrix of the estate of Gene Allen Viernes, and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. WARDS COVE PACKING COMPANY, INC., Castle & Cooke, Inc., and Columbia Wards Fisheries, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided February 23, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abraham A. Arditi, Seattle, Wash., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Douglas M. Fryer, Seattle, Wash., for defendants-appellees.

Bill Lann Lee, Los Angeles, Cal., Robert E. Williams, Washington, D.C., for amicis curiae.

Before BROWNING, GOODWIN, WALLACE, SNEED, ANDERSON, HUG, TANG, SCHROEDER, FLETCHER, PREGERSON, and REINHARDT, Circuit Judges.


Argued and Submitted En Banc February 18, 1986.

TANG, Circuit Judge:

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