District Court, D. Maine March 31, 2000, No. 98-186-P-H (Ramirez v. DeCoster)

*351ORDER ON PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION AND DEFENDANTS’ MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

HORNBY, Chief Judge.

Former and current employees of DeCoster Egg Farms (“DeCoster”) bring this action on behalf of themselves and all other De-Coster employees of Mexican descent. The workers claim that DeCoster injured them in numerous ways: by violating their civil rights under 42 U.S.C.