Hoke v. United States
Hoke v. United States, Court defended the congress power to regulate.
Hoke v. United States | |
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Argued January 7–8, 1913 Decided February 24, 1913 | |
Full case name | Effie Hoke and Basile Economides, Plaintiffs in Error, v. United States |
Citations | 227 U.S. 308 (more) 33 S. Ct. 281; 57 L. Ed. 523; 1913 U.S. LEXIS 2301 |
Holding | |
Though Congress could not regulate prostitution per se—as that was strictly the province of the states—it could regulate interstate travel for purposes of prostitution or “immoral purposes.” | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinion | |
Majority | McKenna, joined by a unanimous court |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. art. I, sec. 8, cl. 3 |
Further reading
- Keire, Mara L. (2001). "The Vice Trust: A Reinterpretation of the White Slavery Scare in the United States, 1907-1917". Journal of Social History. 35 (1): 5–41. doi:10.1353/jsh.2001.0089. JSTOR 3789262.
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