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RODRIGUEZ v. BENNETT

Civ. No. 79-2604.

540 F.Supp. 648 (1982)

Flor O'Fray RODRIGUEZ; Juan Torres Rodriguez, on behalf of his son Elias Torres Rodriguez; Juan Rodriguez; Manuel Rodriguez Diaz, on behalf of his son Angel Luis Rodriguez, Carmelo Rodriguez, on behalf of his son Julio Rodriguez Burgado and Manuel Melendez Lopez, Plaintiffs, v. Lester W. BENNETT, Lester Bennett and Sons, Inc.; Dimas Melendez, Sr. and Dimas Melendez, Jr., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Puerto Rico.

June 7, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julio M. López-Keelan, P. R. Legal Services, Migrant Workers Div., Rio Piedras, P. R., and Hugh F. Brantley, Farmworkers Legal Services of N. Y., Rochester, N. Y., for plaintiffs.

Arturo Trias, José Ubarri, San Juan, P. R., for defendant.

OPINION AND ORDER

CEREZO, District Judge.

Plaintiffs brought this action pursuant to The Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act, 7 U.S.C. Sec. 2041 et seq., after being discharged from their employment in defendant Lester W. Bennett and Sons, Inc.'s farm which is dedicated to raising fur-bearing animals, specifically, minks. The issues raised by this defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment are: whether plaintiffs are migrant workers within the meaning...

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