![]() | This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these template messages)
|
Cleveland v. United States | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Argued October 10, 1945 Reargued October 17, 1946 Decided November 18, 1946 | |
Full case name | Cleveland et al. v. United States |
Citations | 329 U.S. 14 (more) 67 S. Ct. 13; 91 L. Ed. 12; 1946 U.S. LEXIS 1725 |
Case history | |
Prior | 146 F.2d 730 (10th Cir. 1945) |
Holding | |
Affirmed. Notwithstanding the fact that polygamy is a person's religious belief, the Mann Act prohibits the transportation of women across state lines to participate in polygamy. | |
Court membership | |
| |
Case opinions | |
Majority | Douglas, joined by Vinson, Black, Reed, Frankfurter, Jackson, Burton |
Concurrence | Rutledge |
Dissent | Murphy |
Laws applied | |
18 U.S.C. 398 | |
Abrogated by | |
Child Sexual Abuse & Pornography Act of 1986, Pub. L. No. 99-628, § 5(b)(1), 100 Stat. 3510–11 (in part) |
Mormonism and polygamy |
---|
![]() |
![]() |
Cleveland v. United States, 329 U.S. 14 (1946), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that notwithstanding the fact that polygamy is a person's religious belief, the Mann Act prohibits the transportation of women across state lines to participate in polygamy.[1]