PEREZ-FARIAS v. GLOBAL HORIZONS, INC.

No. 10-35397.

668 F.3d 588 (2011)

Jose Guadalupe PEREZ-FARIAS; Jose F. Sanchez; Ricardo Betancourt, and all other similarly situated persons, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. GLOBAL HORIZONS, INC; Jane Doe Orian; Platte River Insurance Company; Valley Fruit Orchards, LLC; Green Acre Farms, Inc.; Mordechai Orian, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

December 5, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew Geyman , Phillips Law Group PLLC, Seattle, WA; Lori Jordan Isley , Amy Crewdson , and Joachim Morrison , Columbia Legal Services, Yakima, WA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Brendan V. Monahan and Justo G. Gonzalez , Stokes Lawrence Velikanje Moore & Shore, Yakima, WA, for Defendants-Appellees Valley Fruit Orchards, LLC and Green Acre Farms, Inc.

Matthew S. Gibbs , Los Angeles, CA, for Defendant-Appellee Mordechai Orian.

Cynthia Louise Rice , California Legal Assistance Foundation, Sacramento, CA, for amici curiae California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation, National Employment Labor Project, and Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste.

James S. Elliott , Velikanje Halverson, Yakima, WA, for amici curiae Washington State Horticultural Association, Yakima Valley Growers-Shippers Association, Wenatchee Valley Traffic Association, Washington Farm Labor Association, and Washington Growers League.

Before: RICHARD R. CLIFTON and N. RANDY SMITH, Circuit Judges, and EDWARD R. KORMAN, Senior District Judge.


ORDER

We certify to the Washington Supreme Court the questions set forth in Part III of this order.

Further proceedings in this court are stayed pending receipt of the answer to the certified questions. This case is withdrawn from submission until further order of this court or an order declining to accept the certified questions. If the Washington Supreme Court accepts the certified questions, the parties...

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