Citations 227 U.S. 308 (more) End date 1913 | Majority McKenna | |
Full case name Effie Hoke and Basile Economides, Plaintiffs in Error, v. United States Similar Hammer v Dagenhart, United States v Darby Lu, Katzenbach v McClung, United States v E C Knight, NLRB v Jones & Laughlin | ||
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.
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