CALDERON v. WITVOET

No. 92-3231.

999 F.2d 1101 (1993)

Crispin CALDERON, et al., on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Jim WITVOET, Sr., et al., doing business as J & B Vegetables, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 16, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vincent H. Beckman (argued), Jean Agathen, Blair Craddock, Pasquale Lombardo, Susan Compernolle, Legal Assistance Foundation, Chicago, IL, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Christopher W. Bohlen (argued), Blanke, Norden, Barmann, Kramer & Bohlen, Kankakee, IL, for defendants-appellants.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, and CUMMINGS and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.


EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

Vegetable farmers in central Illinois employed migrant labor without following the standards established by the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act of 1983 (AWPA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1801-72. The principal question on this appeal is whether the Witvoet family is entitled to the exemption that § 4(a)(1) of the AWPA, 29 U.S.C. § 1803(a)(1), provides for family farms. The district judge held that it is not...

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