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CARO-GALVAN v. CURTIS RICHARDSON, INC.

No. 91-3543.

981 F.2d 501 (1993)

Jose Jesus CARO-GALVAN; Tomas Medina-Solorsano; Jose Muniz-Rodriguez; Francisco Caro-Martinez; Maria De Los Angeles Solano De Caro; Cathy Muniz; Juan Jose Solorsano; Pedro Briseno; and Irma Caro, Plaintiffs-Appellants, Elmer Eden, Plaintiff, v. CURTIS RICHARDSON, INC., Defendant-Appellee, Betty Fowler and Joe Fowler, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

January 20, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory S. Schell, Florida Rural Legal Services, Inc., Lake Worth, FL, Ross B. Bricker, Moises Melendez, Steven F. Samilow, Jenner & Block, Miami, FL, for plaintiffs-appellants.

F.A. Ford, Jr.; Landis, Graham, French, Husfeld, Sherman & Ford, P.A., James R. Clayton; Clayton & Teal, P.A., DeLand, FL, for Curtis Richardson, Inc.

Rogovin, Huge & Schiller, Washington, DC, Steven K. Hoffman, Annette M. Capretta, Rogovin, Huge & Schiller, Washington, DC, for amicus on behalf of appellant Congressman George Miller.

Lois R. Zuckerman, Attorney, William J. Stone, U.S. Dept. of Labor, Washington, DC, William J. Stone for amicus on behalf of appellant; Secretary of Labor.

Carl M. Webster, Rural Law Center, Inc., Apopka, FL, for amicus on behalf of appellant Farmworker Assn. of Central Fla. (FACF).

Before KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge, GODBOLD and OAKES, Senior Circuit Judges.

KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:

At issue in this case are certain provisions of the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 1801-72 (1988) (AWPA), and the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 201-19 (1988) (FLSA). The district court dismissed appellants' claims under those acts. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.

I.

Appellants are indigent farmworkers. Appellee Curtis Richardson, Inc. (Richardson...

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