Williams v. North Carolina (1942)

Williams v. North Carolina
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued October 20, 1942 Decided December 21, 1942
Full case name	Williams, et al. v. State of North Carolina
Citations	317 U.S. 287 (more) 63 S. Ct. 207; 87 L. Ed. 279; 1942 U.S. LEXIS 2
Case history
Prior	State v. Williams, 220 N.C. 445, 17 S.E.2d 769 (1941); cert. granted, 315 U.S. 795 (1942).
Court membership
Chief Justice Harlan F. Stone Associate Justices Owen Roberts · Hugo Black Stanley F. Reed · Felix Frankfurter William O. Douglas · Frank Murphy Robert H. Jackson
Case opinions
Majority	Douglas
Concurrence	Frankfurter
Dissent	Murphy
Dissent	Jackson

Williams v. North Carolina, 317 U.S. 287 (1942), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the federal government determines marriage and divorce statuses between state lines.^[1] Mr. Williams and Ms. Hendrix moved to Nevada and filed for divorce from their respective spouses. Once the divorces were final Mr. Williams and Ms. Hendrix were married and then moved back to North Carolina. They lived there together until they were charged by the state of North Carolina for bigamous cohabitation.