United States Seventh Circuit

In a suit by migrant workers under the Fair Labor Standards and Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Workers Protection Acts alleging unfair recruitment, exposure to pesticides and substandard housing accommodations, inter alia, summary judgment for the owner of the worked fields is vacated where the field-owner could be considered the employer of a crew hired by an independent contractor because of the nature of the work and working conditions. Judgment of the district court is affirmed with respect to plaintiffs' housing claims and claims of insufficient notice under the AWPA.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/20/2007
• Published 07/20/2007

Judges

• EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge., Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and RIPPLE and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Vincent H. Beckman, Legal Assistance Foundation, Chicago, IL, Rodolfo D. Sanchez (argued), Texas Riogrande Legal Aid, Weslaco, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants., Catherine K. Ruckelshaus, National Employment Law Project, New York, NY, Amicus Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Donald W. Shelmon (argued), Shelmon & Associates, Rensselaer, IN, for Defendants-Appellees.