CHAVEZ v. DOLE FOOD COMPANY, INC.

No. 13-4144.

836 F.3d 205 (2016)

Tobias Bermudez CHAVEZ, et al., v. DOLE FOOD COMPANY, INC., et al. Julio Abrego Abrego, et al., v. Dole Food Company, Inc., et al. Alvarado Alfaro Miguel Francisco, et al., v. Dole Food Company, Inc., et al. Jorge Luis Aguilar Mora, et al., v. Dole Food Company, Inc., et al. Edwin Aguero Jimenez, et al., v. Dole Food Company, Inc., et al. Gonzalez Araya Franklin, et al., v. Dole Food Company, Inc., et al. Tobias Bermudez Chavez, et al., Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

(Opinion Filed: September 2, 2016).

Argued En Banc on February 17, 2016.

Court Ordered Rehearing En Banc on September 22, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott M. Hendler , Hendler Lyons Flores, 1301 West 25th Street, Suite 400, Austin, TX 78705, Jonathan S. Massey , [ARGUED], Massey & Gail LLP, 1325 G Street, N.W., Suite 500, Washington, DC 20005, Counsel for Appellants

Caitlin J. Halligan , Andrea E. Neuman [ARGUED], Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, 200 Park Avenue, 47th Floor, New York, NY 10166, William E. Thomson, III , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, 333 South Grand Avenue, 47th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90071, Somers S. Price, Jr. , Potter, Anderson & Corroon LLP, 1313 North Market Street, 6th Floor, Wilmington, DE 19801, Counsel for Appellees Dole Food Company, Inc., Dole Fresh Fruit, Standard Fruit Company, Standard Fruit and Steamship Company

Michael L. Brem , Schirrmeister Diaz-Arrastia Brem, LLP, 700 Milam Street, 10th Floor, Houston, TX 77002, Donald E. Reid , Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, 1201 North Market Street, P.O. Box 1347, Wilmington, DE 19899, Counsel for Appellee Dow Chemical Co.

Timothy J. Houseal , Jennifer M. Kinkus , Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP, 1000 North King Street, Rodney Square, Wilmington, DE 19801, D. Ferguson McNiel, III , Vinson & Elkins LLP, 1001 Fannin Street, Suite 2500, Houston, TX 77002, Counsel for Appellee Occidental Chemical Corp.

John C. Phillips, Jr. , Phillips, Goldman, McLaughlin & Hall, P.A., 1200 North Broom Street, Wilmington, DE 19806, Counsel for Appellee AMVAC Chemical Corporation

Kelly E. Farnan , Katharine L. Mowery , Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., 920 North King Street, One Rodney Square, Wilmington, DE 19801, Counsel for Appellee Shell Oil Co.

Steven L. Caponi [ARGUED], Blank Rome LLP, 1201 Market Street, Suite 800, Wilmington, DE 19801, R. Jack Reynolds , Samuel E. Stubbs , Pillsbury, Winthrop, Shaw & Pittman LLP, 909 Fannin Street, Suite 2000, Two Houston Center, Houston, TX 77010, Counsel for Appellees Chiquita Brands International, Inc., Chiquita Brands, L.L.C., Chiquita Fresh North America, L.L.C.

Boaz S. Morag , Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton LLP, One Liberty Plaza, New York, NY 10006, James W. Semple , Cooch & Taylor, 1000 West Street, 10th Floor, Wilmington, DE 19801, Counsel for Del Monte Fresh Produce N.A., Inc.

Before: McKEE, Chief Judge, AMBRO, FUENTES, SMITH, FISHER, CHAGARES, GREENAWAY, JR., VANASKIE, SHWARTZ, KRAUSE, and RESTREPO, Circuit Judges


OPINION OF THE COURT

The plaintiffs in these cases are foreign agricultural workers who labored on banana plantations in Central and South America from the 1960s through the...

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