GARCIA-CELESTINO v. RUIZ HARVESTING, INC.

No. 17-12866.

898 F.3d 1110 (2018)

Gaudencio GARCIA-CELESTINO, individually and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated, Raymundo Cruz-Vicencio, individually and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated, Raul Ismael Estrada-Gabriel, individually and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated, Daniel Ferro-Nieves, individually and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated, Jose Manuel Ferro-Nieves, individually and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. RUIZ HARVESTING, INC., Defendant, Consolidated Citrus Limited Partnership, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 2, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victoria Mesa-Estrada , Robert Kieran Dwyer , Florida Legal Services, 14260 W Newberry Rd. #412, Newberry, FL 32669, Patrick David Lopez , Outten & Golden, LLP, 601 Massachusetts Ave. 2nd Fl. W, Washington, DC 20001, Gregory Scott Schell , 9851 Daphne Avenue, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410, for Plaintiff-Appellee Gaudencio Garcia-Celestino.

Victoria Mesa-Estrada , Florida Legal Services, 14260 W Newberry Rd. #412, Newberry, FL 32669, Patrick David Lopez , Outten & Golden, LLP, 601 Massachusetts Ave. 2nd Fl. W, Washington, DC 20001, Gregory Scott Schell , 9851 Daphne Avenue, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410, for Plaintiff-Appellee Raymundo Cruz-Vicencio, Daniel Ferro-Nieves, Jose Manuel Ferro-Nieves.

Brian Koji , David John Stefany , Allen Norton & Blue, PA, 324 S Hyde Park Ave. Ste. 225, Tampa, FL 33606-4110, Patrick David Lopez , Outten & Golden, LLP, 601 Massachusetts Ave. 2nd Fl. W, Washington, DC 20001, Billie Barker Pritchard , Chilton Varner , King & Spalding, LLP, 1180 Peachtree St. NE Ste. 1700, Atlanta, GA 30309, Shaina Thorpe , Thorpe & Thorpe, PA, 112 N East St. Ste. A, Tampa, FL 33602, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before TJOFLAT and ROSENBAUM, Circuit Judges, and UNGARO, District Judge.


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