Seven Star, Inc. v. United States

873 F.2d 225 SEVEN STAR, INC., a California corporation; Elluz Corporation, a California corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America; Immigration and Naturalization Service; Ernest E. Gustafson, Jr., District Director, Los Angeles District Office, I & NS, Defendants-Appellees. No. 88-5525. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 8, 1989. Decided April 24, 1989. Laurence Speiser, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants. Michael C. Johnson, Sp. Asst. U.S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before SCHROEDER, FLETCHER and TROTT, Circuit Judges. SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge: 1 Plaintiffs-appellants are the owners of five ballrooms in Los Angeles that employ workers from Mexico and Central America as dance hostesses. The plaintiffs originally applied to the Department of Labor (DOL) for alien employment certification to obtain H-2 temporary worker visas for their hostesses, pursuant to 8 U.S.C. Secs. 1101 (a)(15)(H)(ii) & 1184(c) and 20 C.F.R. Sec. 655.101. After the DOL denied the visas, the plaintiffs resubmitted their…