Jones v. Tri-County Growers, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that wage assignments of migrant workers'were violative of Wage Payment and Collection Act for apple grower’s failure to comply with statutory conditions governing such assignments
• holding that compliance with all requirements of Wage Payment and Collection Act was required and that substantial compliance was insufficient
• holding that compliance with all requirements of Wage Payment and Collection Act was required and that substantial compliance was insufficient
• applying five-year contract statute of limitations where “there is no ambiguity in the terms of the contract itself. Rather, the issue is whether application of the provisions of the contract are contrary to [statute]”
• “[S]uits brought under the [WPCA] are governed by the five year statute of limitations for contract actions.”
• “When matters of public policy are involved, such as authorized wage withholdings, the law of the state where the contract is to be performed governs.''

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).