Legal Opinion
Fuerza Unida v. Levi Strauss & Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 29, 1993No. 92-5544PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Circuit Judge:
Former employees of Levi Strauss & Company filed this class action lawsuit in Texas state court. They alleged that Levi Strauss, by closing its plant in San Antonio, Texas, violated state and federal laws. Levi Strauss removed the case to federal district court. The district court entered summary judgment in favor of Levi Strauss on all of the former employees’ claims, and the employees appealed. Finding no error, we affirm the district court’s judgment in favor of Levi Strauss.
I. BACKGROUND
The undisputed facts in this case reveal that, in September 1981, Levi Strauss &…
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