ZAVALA v. WAL-MART STORES, INC.

No. CIV.A.03-5309 JAG.

393 F.Supp.2d 295 (2005)

Victor ZAVALA; Eunice Gomez; Antonio Flores; Octavio Denisio; Hipolito Palacios; Carlos Alberto Tello; Maximiliano Mendez; Arturo Zavala; Filipe Condado; Luis Gutierrez; Daniel Antonio Cruz; Petr Zednek; Teresa Jaros; Jiri Pfauser; Hana Pfauserova; Pavel Kunc; and Martin Macak, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. WAL-MART STORES, INC., Defendant.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

October 7, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gilberto M. Garcia, Mary Ann Kricko, Garcia and Kricko, Attorneys at Law, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, James L. Linsey, Thomas N. Ciantra, Oriana Vigliotti, Cohen, Weiss and Simon LLP, New York, NY, for Plaintiffs.

Robert H. Bernstein, Reed Smith LLP, Newark, NJ, David P. Murray, Randy Branitsky, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, Washington, D.C., for Defendant.

Michaelene Loughlin, Loughlin & Latimer, Hackensack, NJ, for Amicus Curiae Czech Republic.


OPINION

GREENAWAY, District Judge.

Plaintiffs are undocumented immigrants who have provided janitorial services at Defendant's retail stores nationwide. By this action, they assert claims against Defendant Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. ("Defendant" or "Wal-Mart"), pursuant to the Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organizations Act ("RICO"), 18 U.S.C. §§ 1962(c) and (d) (1996); the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA"), 29 U.S.C. §§ 206 and 207...

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