Legal Opinion
Pitts v. Reagan
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 5, 1971No. Civ. 27320PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ELKINGTON, J.
The issues of this appeal relate to the effect of the third paragraph of article X, section 1 (formerly art. X, § 6, repealed 1960) of California’s Constitution, hereafter referred to as “article X, section 1,” on the state’s practice under successive administrations of using con vict labor for harvesting privately owned crops during periods of alleged labor shortages.
Article X, section 1, directs: “The labor of convicts shall not be let out by contract to any person, copartnership, company or corporation, and the Legislature shall, by law, provide for the working of…
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