Legal Opinion
Mendoza v. Zirkle Fruit Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 3, 2002No. 01-35276PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McKEOWN, Circuit Judge.
This case arises from claims that two agricultural companies leveraged the hiring of undocumented immigrants in order to depress the wages of their legally documented employees. We are called upon to decide two significant issues. First, we must determine whether, under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (“RICO”), 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961-1968, legally documented agricultural workers have standing to sue their employers, whom they allege depressed their salaries by conspiring to hire undocumented workers at below market wages. Second, we must consider the…
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