Williams v. Mohawk Industries, Inc.
United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
465 F.3d 1277 (2006)
- Written by Sharon Feldman, JD
Facts
Mohawk Industries, Inc. (Mohawk) (defendant) was a large carpet manufacturer. Shirley Williams and others (the workers) (plaintiffs) were current or former Mohawk employees. The workers sued Mohawk under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) for conspiring with recruiting agencies to hire undocumented aliens to keep labor costs low. The complaint alleged that Mohawk’s employment of undocumented workers constituted a pattern of violations of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) that permitted Mohawk to reduce labor costs by reducing the number of documented workers it had to hire, thereby increasing the labor pool and allowing Mohawk to depress the wages paid to documented workers. The district court denied Mohawk’s motion to dismiss the RICO claim. Mohawk appealed.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Per curiam)
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