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RAMOS-BARRIENTOS v. BLAND

No. 10-13412.

661 F.3d 587 (2011)

Nicolas RAMOS-BARRIENTOS, on behalf of themselves and all other similarly situated persons, Anselmo Hernandez-Martinez, on behalf of themselves and all other similarly situated persons, Jorge Hernandez-Antonio, on behalf of themselves and all other similarly situated persons, Gregorio Ponce-Hernandez, on behalf of themselves and all other similarly situated persons, Catalino Hernandez-Rubio, on behalf of themselves and all other similarly situated persons, Plaintiffs-Appellants, Omar Sanchez-Covarrubias, Elias Lopez-Hernandez, Amancio Perez-Angeles, Amancio Perez-Martinez, Jose C. Najera-Quiroz, Esteban Hernandez-Martinez, Jose Pardo-Najera, Interested Parties-Appellants, v. Delbert C. BLAND, Bland Farms, LLC, Manpower of the Americas, Consular Services International, Michael Bryan Bell, Defendants-Appellees, Bland Farms I, LLC, et al., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

October 27, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Knoepp , Southern Poverty Law Ctr., George Brian Spears , G. Brian Spears, PC, Atlanta, GA, Gregory S. Schell , Migrant Farmworker Justice Project, Lake Worth, FL, Robert J. Willis , Law Office of Robert J. Willis, Raleigh, NC, for Appellants.

William E. Dillard, III , J. Curt Thomas , Brennan & Wasden, LLP, Savannah, GA, Ann Margaret Pointer , John E. Thompson , Fisher & Phillips, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Appellees.

Paul L. Frieden , Diane A. Heim , U.S. Dept. of Labor, Office of Sol., Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae, U.S. Dept. of Labor.

Before EDMONDSON and PRYOR, Circuit Judges, and BOWDRE, District Judge.

PRYOR, Circuit Judge:

The main issue is this appeal is whether an employer that hires migrant farm workers through the H-2A visa program is entitled to wage credits under the Fair Labor Standards Act, see 29 U.S.C. § 203(m), for housing and meals that federal law required the employer to provide the workers. Migrant farm workers who worked for Bland Farms, LLC, appeal a summary judgment in favor of Bland and against...

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