Dagoberto Morante-Navarro v. T&Y Pine Straw, Inc.

DUBINA, Circuit Judge:

Appellants, fourteen Mexican nationals (“Plaintiffs”), brought suit against T&Y Pine Straw, Inc. (“T&Y”) and Isaias Tamez (collectively referred to as “Defendants”), alleging that Defendants violated the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Workers Protection Act, codified at 29 U.S.C. §§ 1801-1872 (1988) (“AWPA”), and the Fair Labor Standards Act, codified at 29 U.S.C. §§ 201-219 (1988) (“FLSA”), by not paying proper hourly and overtime wages. The district court found that Plaintiffs were not engaged in “agricultural employment” within the meaning of the AWPA. For the…