Cannon v. United States

Cannon v. United States
Argued November 20, 23, 1885
Decided December 14, 1885
Full case name Cannon v. United States
Citations 116 U.S. 55 (more)
Holding
Compacts for sexual non-intercourse, easily made and easily broken, when the prior marriage relations continue to exist, with the occupation of the same house and table and the keeping up of the same family unity, is not a lawful substitute for the monogamous family which alone the statute tolerates.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Morrison Waite
Associate Justices
Samuel F. Miller · Stephen J. Field
Joseph P. Bradley · John M. Harlan
William B. Woods · Stanley Matthews
Horace Gray · Samuel Blatchford

Cannon v. United States, 116 U.S. 55 (1885), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held compacts for sexual non-intercourse, easily made and easily broken, when the prior marriage relations continue to exist, with the occupation of the same house and table and the keeping up of the same family unity, is not a lawful substitute for the monogamous family which alone the statute tolerates.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Cannon v. United States, 116 U.S. 55 (1885)
  • Text of Cannon v. United States, 116 U.S. 55 (1885) is available from:  Cornell  Justia 
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