Cleveland v. United States (1946)

Cleveland v. United States
Argued October 10, 1945
Reargued October 17, 1946
Decided November 18, 1946
Full case nameCleveland et al. v. United States
Citations329 U.S. 14 (more)
67 S. Ct. 13; 91 L. Ed. 12; 1946 U.S. LEXIS 1725
Case history
Prior146 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
Chief Justice
Fred M. Vinson
Associate Justices
Hugo Black · Stanley F. Reed
Felix Frankfurter · William O. Douglas
Frank Murphy · Robert H. Jackson
Wiley B. Rutledge · Harold H. Burton
Case opinions
MajorityDouglas, joined by Vinson, Black, Reed, Frankfurter, Jackson, Burton
ConcurrenceRutledge
DissentMurphy
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)

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]

  1. ^ Cleveland v. United States, 329 U.S. 14 (1946).