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Su v. Battle Fish North et al

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Case overview

Case Number:

3:23-cv-00348

Court:

Mississippi Northern

Nature of Suit:

Labor: Fair Standards

Judge:

Michael P. Mills

Firms

  1. August 29, 2024

    DOL, Miss. Fishery Reach Deal To End Suit Over Wage Probe

    The U.S. Department of Labor and a Mississippi fishery asked a federal judge on Thursday to sign off on a settlement in a suit accusing the fishery of interfering with a DOL wage investigation by threatening to physically harm workers and have them deported if they cooperated, referring to the claims in the deal as a "misunderstanding."

  2. August 09, 2024

    Fishery Says DOL's Refusal To Testify Should End Wage Suit

    A Mississippi fishery is urging a federal judge to dismiss the U.S. Department of Labor's suit alleging the company interfered in the agency's wage investigation, saying the acting labor secretary's refusal to testify warrants ending the case.

  3. July 10, 2024

    DOL Can't Stop Discovery Disclosures In Fishery Wage Suit

    The U.S. Department of Labor didn't show how a Mississippi federal court erred in ordering the agency to turn over the identities of some migrant workers who participated in the department's investigation of a fishery, the court ruled Wednesday, standing by its earlier decision.

  4. June 18, 2024

    Feds Say Discovery Order Exposes Migrants To Retaliation

    The U.S. Department of Labor is urging a Mississippi federal court to reconsider ordering the disclosure of informants' identities in an investigation into a fish farm's labor practices, saying the May order exposed the informants, who are also migrant employees at the farm, to possible retaliation.

  5. May 31, 2024

    DOL Asks To Wait To Disclose Workers In Fishery Wage Case

    The U.S. Department of Labor urged a Mississippi federal court to halt the disclosure of the identities of some migrant workers who helped in the department's investigation of a fish farm, saying that it plans to ask the court to reconsider ordering the disclosure.

  6. May 21, 2024

    Some DOL Informers To Be Disclosed In Fishery Wage Case

    A Mississippi federal judge ordered the U.S. Department of Labor to disclose the identities of migrant workers with knowledge of a fishery's alleged interference with a DOL investigation or of allegations the fishery retaliated against workers cooperating in the probe.

  7. March 26, 2024

    Fishery Says Request For DOL Cooperators' Names Is Fair

    The federal government cannot withhold information regarding an ongoing wage theft investigation, a fishery told a Mississippi federal court, because the probe is inextricably linked with claims that the company retaliated against employees who cooperated.

  8. March 19, 2024

    Fishery Says DOL Stonewalling Discovery In H-2A Probe

    The U.S. Department of Labor can't strategically walk away from discovery obligations in a suit accusing a Mississippi fishery of threatening to deport workers if they cooperate in a wage investigation, the fishery said, arguing it won't have a chance to properly defend itself.

  9. March 15, 2024

    DOL Fights Fishery's Bid To Unveil Migrant Worker Identities

    The U.S. Department of Labor is fighting an attempt by a Mississippi fishery to uncover the identities of temporary foreign workers who claim they were retaliated against during a wage investigation, urging a federal judge to prohibit their disclosure.

  10. September 28, 2023

    Miss. Fishery Barred From Interfering With H-2A Labor Probe

     A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction to prevent a Mississippi fishery from interfering with a U.S. Department of Labor investigation into the company's treatment of migrant workers.

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