Citations 487 U.S. 931 (more) | Date decided 1988 | |
Full case name United States v. Kozminski, et al. Majority O'Connor, joined by Rehnquist, White, Scalia, Kennedy Concurrence Brennan, joined by Marshall Concurrence Stevens, joined by Blackmun Similar Thompson v Oklahoma, Slaughter‑House Cases, Civil Rights Cases | ||
United States v. Kozminski, 487 U.S. 931 (1988), was a United States Supreme Court case involving the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and involuntary servitude. The Supreme Court held that the jury had been improperly instructed as to the nature of involuntary servitude under existing law and remanded the case for a new trial. The defendants eventually pleaded guilty to misdemeanor violations of labor law (http://www.annarbor.com/news/this-week-in-ann-arbor-history-1983).
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