HERNANDEZ v. STATE OF NY

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

New York Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York City ( Erin Beth Harrist , of counsel), for Crispin Hernandez and others, appellants.

Letitia James , Attorney General, Albany ( Joseph M. Spadola , of counsel), for State of New York and another, appellants.

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC, Syracuse ( Brian J. Butler , of counsel), for respondent.

Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, Inc., Baltimore, Maryland ( Naomi B. Campbell , of counsel), for Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, Inc. and others, amici curiae.

Powers and Santola, LLP, Albany ( Michael J. Hutter , of counsel) and Jonathan Wood , Arlington, Virginia, admitted pro hac vice, for Pacific Legal Foundation, amicus curiae.

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs to plaintiffs, motion denied, and it is declared that the exclusion of "individuals employed as farm laborers" from the definition of the term "employees" set forth in Labor Law § 701 (3) (a) is unconstitutional.