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MARQUIS v. U.S. SUGAR CORP.

No. 85-8388-CIV.

652 F.Supp. 598 (1987)

Jean Claude MARQUIS, Innocent Desir, Miclise Ocsuis, Edvar Nicholas, Wilfred Pierre, Hubert Delva, Luc Africain, Misius Tanus, Kesnel Olibrice, Prenance Sommerville, Jean Claude Madel, Valet Charles, Wilnor Valsaint, Paul Calixte, Sauveur Atilus, Merilien Pierrisaint, Soelle D'afinice, Frisner Sentil, Pierre Petit-Dor, Osijean Saint Fort, and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES SUGAR CORPORATION, Atlantic Sugar Association, Gulf and Western Food Products, Co., Osceola Farms Co., Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida, Cane Contractors Inc., Sugar Cane Harvesting, Inc., Shawnee Farms, Inc., Okeelanta Corp., and Florida Fruit and Vegetable Association, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Florida, Fort Lauderdale Division.

January 30, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Kelso, Ann Margaret Pointer, David P. Brenskelle, Phillips M. Smalling, Fisher & Phillips, Atlanta, Ga., Charles S. Caulkens, Fisher & Phillips, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for defendants.

Kristine Poplawski, Edward J. Tuddenham, Farmworker Justice Fund, Washington, D.C., James Green, Green, Eisenberg, & Cohen, West Palm Beach, Fla., Gregory Schell, Susan Campernolle, Legal Aide Bureau, Inc., Salisbury, Md., for plaintiffs.

ORDER

GONZALEZ, District Judge.

THIS CAUSE has come before the court upon the Motion to Dismiss filed by defendants in this action. Defendants are corporations involved in producing and harvesting sugar cane in South Florida. Defendant Florida Fruit and Vegetable Association is an association owned and controlled by its members, including each of the defendants named in the complaint. The FFVA acts as an agent for its members with respect to the recruitment...

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