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BRACAMONTES v. WEYERHAEUSER CO.

No. 87-2456.

840 F.2d 271 (1988)

Ruben BRACAMONTES, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants v. The WEYERHAEUSER CO., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied April 25, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marc Linder, Texas Rural Legal Aid, Inc., William Beardall, Weslaco, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Rose Law Firm, Tim Boe, Jim Hunter Birch, Little Rock, Ark., Ewers, Toothaker, Abbott, Talbot & Hamilton, Walter J. Passmore, McAllen, Tex., for defendants-appellees.

Before TIMBERS, KING and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied April 25, 1988.

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

Appellants are migrant workers whom appellees employed to plant pine seedlings in Alabama. They filed suit under the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act. The district court dismissed the suit because the MSPA did not apply to those performing forestry work exclusively. We reverse, finding that Congress intended the Act to apply to farm labor contractors...

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