Legal Opinion
Luc Chery v. Gordon Bowman, Ii, D/B/A Mount Clifton Fruit Company
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided May 22, 1990No. 89-5281PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDMONDSON, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs, a group of thirty-four migrant farm workers, appeal two of the district court’s decisions. First, they appeal the district court’s dismissal of their case for lack of personal jurisdiction over defendant. Because the district court did not hold an evidentiary hearing, we review the court’s decision to dismiss de novo and construe all reasonable inferences in favor
of the nonmoving plaintiffs. The burden is on plaintiffs, however, to establish a prima facie case of jurisdiction. Morris v. SSE, Inc., 843 F.2d 489, 492 (11th Cir.1988). Second, plaintiffs…
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