Legal Opinion
Birda Trollinger Robert Martinez Tabetha Eddings and Doris Jewell v. Tyson Foods, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 3, 2004No. 02-6020PublishedCited by 113 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SUTTON, Circuit Judge.
At issue in this case is an application of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), 18 U.S.C. § 1961 et seq., to a wage-related dispute between Tyson Foods, Inc. and four of its employees. On behalf of themselves and a putative class of similarly-situated workers, the four employees allege that Tyson violated RICO by engaging in a scheme with several employment agencies to depress the wages of Tyson’s hourly employees by hiring illegal immigrants.
Soon after the action was filed, Tyson moved to dismiss the complaint under Federal Rule of Civil…
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