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Concurring opinion, Ballard v. United States, 329 U.S. 187 (Dec. 9, 1946)

Decision Date: January 23, 1970

Opinion of the Court, Federal Communications Commission v. WOKO, Inc., 329 U.S. 223 (Dec. 9, 1946)

Decision Date: January 23, 1970

Opinion of the Court, Rothensies v. Electric Storage Battery Co., 329 U.S. 296 (Dec. 16, 1946)

Decision Date: December 16, 1946

Dissenting statement [jointly with Justice Black], Cleveland v. United States, 329 U.S. 14 (Nov. 18, 1946)

Decision Date: December 18, 1946

Petitioners were members of a Mormon sect, known as Fundamentalists, who believed in and practiced polygamy. Each petitioner had one or more wives, whom he transported across state lines for the purpose of cohabitation or aiding another member of the cult in such an endeavor. They were convicted of violating the Mann Act, 36 Stat. 825, 18 U.S.C. 398, 18 U.S. C.A. 398, by a bench trial. D.C. 56 F. Supp. 890. The judgments of conviction were affirmed on appeal. 146 F.2d 730 (10th Cir.).

The Supreme Court held that polygamous practices are not excluded from the Mann Act.  Justice Jackson dissented , arguing that “affirmance requires extension of the rule announced in the Caminetti [v. United States, 242 U.S. 470  (1917)] case and that the correctness of that rule is so dubious that it should at least be restricted to its particular facts.”

Opinion of the Court, Champlin Refining Co. v. United States, 329 U.S. 29 (Nov. 18, 1946)

Decision Date: December 18, 1946

Dissenting opinion, National Labor Relations Board v. A.J. Tower Co., 329 U.S. 324 (Dec. 23, 1946)

Decision Date: December 23, 1946

Dissenting statement [jointly with Justices Reed & Frankfurter], United States v. Howard P. Foley Co., Inc., 329 U.S. 64 (Nov. 25, 1946)

Decision Date: December 25, 1946

Dissenting opinion, Everson v. Board of Education, 330 U.S. 1 (Feb. 10, 1947).

Decision Date: December 10, 1947

Dissenting statement [jointly with Justices Reed & Burton], Jesionowski v. Boston & Maine Railroad, 329 U.S. 452 (Jan. 13, 1947)

Decision Date: December 13, 1947

Concurring opinion, Hickman v. Taylor, 329 U.S. 495 (Jan. 13, 1947)

Decision Date: December 13, 1947