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ADKINS v. MID-AMERICAN GROWERS, INC.

No. 98-1842.

167 F.3d 355 (1999)

Harold ADKINS, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. MID-AMERICAN GROWERS, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 29, 1999.

Rehearing Denied March 10, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald R. Brewer, Dundee, IL; John W. Billhorn (argued), Chicago, IL, for Harold Adkins.

John W. Billhorn (argued), Chicago, IL, for James Burger and Patricia Ann Watson.

Carl E. Johnson (argued), Anthony B. Byergo, Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson, Chicago, IL; Douglas A. Gift, Herbolsheimer, Lannon, Henson, Duncan & Reagan, LaSalle, IL, for Mid-American Growers, Inc.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and CUDAHY and COFFEY, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Chief Judge.

This suit by 122 hourly workers at Mid-American Growers, a large Illinois producer of flowers and flowering plants, charges Mid-American with violating the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 201 et seq. The district court conducted a trial limited to the applicability of section 213(b)(12) of the FLSA—the agricultural exemption. He found the exemption inapplicable, 965 F...

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