Legal Opinion
Crispin Calderon, on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated v. Jim Witvoet, Sr., Doing Business as J & B Vegetables
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 16, 1993No. 92-3231PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Vegetable farmers in central Illinois employed migrant labor without following the standards established by the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act of 1983 (AWPA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1801-72. The principal question on this appeal is whether the Witvoet family is entitled to the exemption that § 4(a)(1) of the AWPA, 29 U.S.C. § 1803(a)(1), provides for family farms. The district judge held that it is not, as a matter of law, 764 F.Supp. 536 (C.D.Ill.1991), and directed the Witvoets to pay damages and comply with the statute in future years. Other…
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