MARTINEZ-CUEVAS v. DERUYTER BROTHERS DAIRY

No. 96267-7.

475 P.3d 164 (2020)

Jose MARTINEZ-CUEVAS and Patricia Aguilar, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Petitioners, v. DERUYTER BROTHERS DAIRY, INC., Geneva S. DeRuyter, and Jacobus N. DeRuyter, Respondents, and Washington State Dairy Federation and Washington Farm Bureau, Intervenor-Respondents.

Supreme Court of Washington.

Filed: November 5, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lori Jordan Isley , Columbia Legal Services, 6 S. 2nd St. Ste. 600, Yakima, WA, 98901-2680, Andrea L. Schmitt , Columbia Legal Services, 711 Capitol Way S. Ste. 706, Olympia, WA, 98501-1237, Joachim Morrison , Attorney at Law, 300 Okanogan Ave. Ste. 2a, Wenatchee, WA, 98801-6940, Marc Cote , Anne Elizabeth Silver , Frank Freed Subit & Thomas LLP, 705 2nd Ave. Ste. 1200, Seattle, WA, 98104-1798, for Petitioners.

John Ray Nelson , Foster Garvey PC, 618 W. Riverside Ave. Ste. 300, Spokane, WA, 99201-5102, for Respondent/Cross-Appellant.

Timothy J. O'Connell , Anne Marie Dorshimer , Stoel Rives LLP, 600 University St. Ste. 3600, Seattle, WA, 98101-3197, for Intervenor-Respondents.

Christopher GM Esq . Fargo-Masuda , Attorney at Law, 2947 76th Ave. Se Apt. 92d, Mercer Island, WA, 98040-2727, John Ballif Midgley , Nancy Lynn Talner , ACLU of Washington Foundation, P.O. Box 2728, Seattle, WA, 98111-2728, for Amicus Curiae American Civil Liberties Union of Washington.

Brendan V. Monahan , Sarah Lynn Clarke Wixson , Stokes Lawrence Velikanje Moore & Shore, 120 N. Naches Ave., Yakima, WA, 98901-2757, Lance Alan Pelletier , Stokes Lawrence PS, 1420 5th Ave. Ste. 3000, Seattle, WA, 98101-2393, for Amid Curiae Washington State Tree Fruit Association, and Hop Growers of Washington.

Kenneth Wendell Masters , Masters Law Group PLLC, 241 Madison Ave. N., Bainbridge Island, WA, 98110-1811, for Amici Curiae The Farmworker Justice Project, and Marc Linder.

Jesse Andrew Wing , Tiffany Mae Cartwright , MacDonald Hoague & Bayless, Jeffrey Lowell Needle , Attorney at Law, 705 2nd Ave. Ste. 1500, Seattle, WA, 98104-1745, for Amicus Curiae Washington Employment Lawyers Association.

Kathleen Phair Barnard , Barnard Iglitzin & Lavitt LLP, 18 W. Mercer St. Ste. 400, Seattle, WA, 98119-3971, Rebecca A. Smith , National Employment Law Project, 300 Lenora St. Unit 357, Seattle, WA, 98121-2411, Mario Martinez , Martinez, Aguilasocho & Lynch, P.O. Box 1998, Bakersfield, CA, 93303, for Amici Curiae National Employment Law Project, Familias Unidas Por La Justicia, and United Farm Workers of America.


¶ 1 This case concerns the constitutionality of RCW 49.46.130(2)(g), the provision exempting agricultural workers from the overtime pay requirement set out in the Washington Minimum Wage Act, ch. 49.46 RCW. At issue here is whether the trial court properly granted partial summary judgment to an affected class of agricultural workers...

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