United States Ninth Circuit

Legally documented agricultural workers have standing under RICO to sue their employers, whom they allege depressed their salaries by conspiring to hire undocumented workers at below-market wages.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/07/2002
• Decided 09/03/2002
• Published 09/03/2002

Judges

• McKEOWN, Circuit Judge., Before: BRUNETTI, TROTT, and McKEOWN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Steve W. Berman & Andrew M. Volk, Hagens Berman LLP, Seattle, WA, and Howard W. Foster, Johnson & Bell, Ltd., Chicago, IL, for the appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Irwin Schwartz, Law Offices of Irwin Schwartz, Seattle, WA, Sheryl Gordon McCloud, Law Offices of Sheryl Gordon McCloud, Seattle, WA, Walter G. Meyer, Meyer, Fluegge & Tenney, P.S., Yakima, WA, Terry Schmalz, Halverson & Applegate, P.S., Yakima, WA, for appellees Zirkle Fruit Co. and Matson Fruit Co., J. Jay Carroll, Brendan Victor Monahan, Velikanje, Moore & Shore, P.S., Yakima, WA, for appellee Selective Employment Agency, Inc.