Cannon v. United States

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]

Full case nameCannon v. United States

Citations116 U.S. 55 (more)

6 S. Ct. 278; 29 L. Ed. 561

MajorityBlatchford, joined by Waite, Bradley, Harlan, Woods, Mathews and Gray

DissentMiller, joined by Fields

Quick facts Argued November 20, 23, 1885 Decided December 14, 1885, Full case name ...

Cannon v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued November 20, 23, 1885 Decided December 14, 1885
Full case name	Cannon v. United States
Citations	116 U.S. 55 (more) 6 S. Ct. 278; 29 L. Ed. 561
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 Â· Stephen J. Field Joseph P. Bradley Â· John M. Harlan William B. Woods Â· Stanley Matthews Horace Gray Â· Samuel Blatchford
Case opinions
Majority	Blatchford, joined by Waite, Bradley, Harlan, Woods, Mathews and Gray
Dissent	Miller, joined by Fields

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