FLORES v. RIOS

No. 93-3670.

36 F.3d 507 (1994)

Jose FLORES, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Reyes RIOS and Gibsonburg Canning Company, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided September 26, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randall C. Marshall (argued and briefed), Mark Heller, Office of Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, Inc., Toledo, OH, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Jodie Lee Stearns (argued and briefed), Mitchell, Stearns & Hammer, Bowling Green, OH, for defendants-appellees.

John J. Rademacher, American Farm Bureau Federation, Park Ridge, IL (briefed), for American Farm Bureau Federation, amicus curiae.

Michael S. Bogren (briefed), Plunkett & Cooney, Kalamazoo, MI, for George Miller, amicus curiae.

Paula W. Coleman, U.S. Dept. of Labor, Office of the Sol., Washington, DC (briefed), for United States Dept. of Labor, amicus curiae.

Before: ENGEL, RYAN, and NORRIS, Circuit Judges.


ENGEL, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which ALAN E. NORRIS, J., joined. RYAN, J. (pp. 516-17), delivered a separate opinion concurring in the judgment.

ENGEL, Circuit Judge.

This case involves the proper interpretation of 29 U.S.C. § 1803(a)(1), which exempts family farms from regulations generally applied to agricultural employers under the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act ("AWPA"), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1801 et...

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