Legal Opinion
Ruben Bracamontes v. The Weyerhaeuser Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 25, 1988No. 87-2456PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:
Appellants are migrant workers whom appellees employed to plant pine seedlings in Alabama. They filed suit under the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act. The district court dismissed the suit because the MSPA did not apply to those performing forestry work exclusively. We reverse, finding that Congress intended the Act to apply to farm labor contractors who hire migrant workers for employment in the farming of trees.
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Weyerhaeuser hired labor contractors to recruit migrant workers to plant pine seedlings on land owned by Weyerhaeuser…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- A. H. Phillips, Inc. v. WallingSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Antonia Montelongo, Cross-Appellants v. Edwin Meese, Iii, Attorney General, Glen Martin, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
- Davis Forestry Corp. v. Mike Smith D/B/A ForestallCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- Tomas Soliz v. Kenneth Plunkett, A/K/A "Guy Plunkett"Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- United States v. Turner Turpentine Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1940
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