CASTILLO v. CASE FARMS OF OHIO, INC.

No. Civ. A. DR 97-CA-89.

96 F.Supp.2d 578 (1999)

Gerardo CASTILLO, et. al., Plaintiffs, v. CASE FARMS OF OHIO, INC., et. al., Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Texas, Del Rio Division.

December 1, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Javier Riojas, Texas Rural Legal Aid, Eagle Pass, TX, Rodolfo D. Sanchez, Texas Rural Legal Aid, Inc., Weslaco, TX, for Gerardo Castillo, Michelle Galvan, Eloy Cantu, Hugo Hernandez, Esperanza Hernandez, Martin Hernandez, Sergio Hernandez, Jesus Mejia, Joseph Cooper, Guadalupe Zamorano, Jose Guadalupe Estrada, Rafael Gonzalez, Raul Zavala, Ricardo Zamorano, Efrain Leal, Gustavo Caballero, Edgar A. Chavez, Americo Galvan, Carlos A. Gonzalez, Juan Piente, Tomas Solis, Juan Carlos Verastegui, plaintiffs.

Rodolfo D. Sanchez, Texas Rural Legal Aid, Inc., Weslaco, TX, for Yolanda Leura, plaintiff.

Richard O. Gonzales, Uvalde, TX, Rodolfo D. Sanchez, Texas Rural Legal Aid, Inc., Weslaco, TX, for Edna Chong, plaintiff.

Selena N. Solis, Texas Rural Legal Aid, Farm worker Div., Weslaco, TX, Lisa J. D'Souza, Dept. of Justice, Employment Litigation Section, Civil Rights Div., Washington, DC, Rodolfo D. Sanchez, Texas Rural Legal Aid, Inc., Weslaco, TX, for plaintiffs.

Robert D. Kilgore, Cox & Smith Inc., San Antonio, TX, Dean E. Westman, Jeffrey J. Weber, Jill C. Boland, Millisor & Nobil, Cleveland, OH, for Case Farms of Ohio, Inc., defendant.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

JUSTICE, Senior District Judge.

The above-entitled and numbered civil action was filed on December 19, 1997, by a group of migrant farm workers, claiming violations of the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act ("AWPA"), the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA"), and various state laws. The primary defendant is Case Farms of Ohio, a chicken processing plant located in Winesburg, Ohio.

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