Legal Opinion
United States v. Mussry
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 1, 1984No. 83-5093PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:
The defendants were indicted on charges of holding individuals in peonage and involuntary servitude. The district court dismissed most of the counts. It concluded that those counts failed to sufficiently charge the defendants with a “holding” in involuntary servitude under 18 U.S.C. §§ 1581,1583, and 1584 (1982) because they failed to allege that the defendants used or threatened to use law or force. We hold that a violation of the peonage and involuntary servitude statutes may occur through conduct other than the use or threatened use of law or force and that all of…
2Cases cited39 opinions
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3Cited by34 opinions
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