Legal Opinion
Bacilio Ruiz Torres v. Mercer Canyons Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 31, 2016No. 15-35615PublishedCited by 179 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
M. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
Defendant Mercer Canyons, Inc. (Mercer) appeals the district court’s order certifying a class of domestic farm workers, represented by Bacilio Ruiz Torres and Jose Amador (collectively, Plaintiffs). Mercer operates a fruit and vegetable farm near Prosser, Washington. In 2013, Mercer participated in the federal H-2A program, which permitted Mercer to hire foreign workers to fill temporary agricultural positions at an hourly wage of $12.
Plaintiffs brought a putative class action, claiming that Mercer had a common policy or practice of failing to inform domestic…
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