John Gates v. Victor Fine Foods

54 F.3d 1457 63 USLW 2730 John GATES; Robert Kinser; Clifford Travis; Dennis Conrad; Richard Doble; Edmund Vincelet; Richard Weyant and Jerome Binder; Jerome Binder, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. VICTOR FINE FOODS; Golden Gate Fresh Foods, Inc., Defendant, and Fletcher's Fine Foods; Alberta Pork Producers Development Corporation, Defendants-Appellants. No. 93-16141. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Feb. 15, 1995. Decided May 16, 1995. Richard W. Nichols, McDonough, Holland & Allen, Sacramento, CA, for defendants-appellants. James E. Eggleston, Eggleston, Siegel & LeWitter, Oakland, CA, for plaintiffs-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. Before: TANG and O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges; MERHIGE, * District Judge. O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge: 1 This case requires us to explore the statutory maze of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act as it applies to Canadian entities that market and promote hogs raised in the Province of Alberta and operate a pork processing plant in British Columbia, either one of which might affect employees in…