United States Eleventh Circuit
ARRIAGA v. FLORIDA PAC. FARMS, L.L.C., 01-16402
District court misinterpreted Labor Department regulations in finding that farm growers were not obligated to reimburse farmworkers for their transportation, visa, and immigration expenses, but correctly held that the growers are not responsible for recruitment fees.
Appellate Information
- Decided 09/11/2002
- Published 09/11/2002
Judges
- KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:, Before DUBINA, BARKETT and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Eleventh Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Thomas Julian Page, A. Stephen Hut, Jr., Robin A. Lenhart, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, DC, Edward Tuddenham, Austin, TX, Gregory S. Schell, Migrant FarmworkerJustice Project, Lake Worth, FL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants., Catherine Kiley Ruckelshaus, Nat. Employment Law Project, New York City, for Amicus Curiae.
- For Appellees:
- David J. Stefany, Tampa, FL, Amy C. Sugimori, National Employment Law Project, New York City, Monte B. Lake, McGuiness, Norris & Williams, Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellees.