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ADAMS FRUIT CO. v. BARRETT

No. 88-2035.

494 U.S. 638 (1990)

110 S.Ct. 1384

108 L.Ed.2d 585

ADAMS FRUIT CO., INC. v. BARRETT ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 21, 1990

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bonita L. Kneeland argued the cause for petitioner. With her on the briefs was John W. Robinson.

Laurence H. Tribe argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Brian Stuart Koukoutchos and Nora Leto.*

JUSTICE MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this case we must decide whether exclusivity provisions in state workers' compensation laws bar migrant workers from availing themselves of a private right of action under the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (AWPA), 96 Stat. 2583, as amended, 29 U. S. C. § 1801 et seq. (1982 ed. and Supp. V). We hold that they do not.

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Respondents, migrant farmworkers employed...

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