Caminetti v. United States
| Caminetti v. United States | |
|---|---|
| Argued November 13–14, 1916 Decided January 15, 1917 | |
| Full case name | F. Drew Caminetti v. United States; Maury I. Diggs v. United States; L.T. Hays v. United States |
| Citations | 242 U.S. 470 (more) 37 S. Ct. 192; 61 L. Ed. 442 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Diggs v. United States, 220 F. 545 (9th Cir.), cert. granted, 238 U.S. 637 (1915). Hays v. United States, 231 F. 106 (8th Cir.), cert. granted, 241 U.S. 674 (1916). |
| Holding | |
| The Mann Act applied not only to purposes of prostitution but also to other noncommercial consensual sexual liaisons. Thus, consensual extramarital sex falls within the genre of "immoral practice." | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Day, joined by Holmes, Van Devanter, Pitney, Brandeis |
| Dissent | McKenna, joined by White, Clarke |
| McReynolds took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. | |
| Laws applied | |
| White-Slave Traffic (Mann) Act, ch. 395, 36 Stat. 825 (1910) (codified as amended at 18 U.S.C. §§ 2421-2424). | |
Abrogated by | |
| Child Sexual Abuse & Pornography Act of 1986, Pub. L. No. 99-628, § 5(b)(1), 100 Stat. 3510–11 (in part) | |
Caminetti v. United States, 242 U.S. 470 (1917), was a United States Supreme Court case involving Farley Drew Caminetti and the Mann Act. The Court decided that the Mann Act applied not only to purposes of coercion and prostitution but also to noncommercial consensual sexual liaisons. Thus, consensual extramarital sex falls within the definition of "immoral sex."