Hoke v. United States

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Litigants=Hoke v. United States
ArgueDateA=January 7
ArgueDateB=8
ArgueYear=1913
DecideDate=February 24
DecideYear=1913
FullName=Effie Hoke and Basile Economides, Plaintiffs in Error, v. United States
USVol=227
USPage=308
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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.”
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"Hoke v. United States", 227 U.S. 308 (1913), was a decision by the United States Supreme Court, which held that the United States Congress could not regulate prostitution "per se", as that was strictly the province of the states. Congress could, however, regulate interstate travel for purposes of prostitution or “immoral purposes.” It upheld the Mann Act.

ee also

*List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 227
*"Athanasaw v. United States"

Further reading

*cite journal |last=Keire |first=Mara L. |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=2001 |month= |title=The Vice Trust: A Reinterpretation of the White Slavery Scare in the United States, 1907-1917 |journal=Journal of Social History |volume=35 |issue=1 |pages=5–41 |doi=10.2307/3789262 |url= |accessdate= |quote=