United States v. Allen

I agree with my Brothers that appellant was not guilty of signing false official statements and larceny. Instead, the court-martial should have given full faith and credit to the North Carolina decree. “It is a well-established rule that a state has the power to determine how its residents enter into a marital relationship.” *240United States v. Seay, 718 F.2d 1279, 1285 (4th Cir.1983), cert. denied, 467 U.S. 1226, 104 S.Ct. 2677, 81 L.Ed.2d 873 (1984), citing Maynard v. Hill, 125 U.S. 190, 205, 8 S.Ct. 723, 726, 31 L.Ed. 654 (1887). “Variations in state law concerning the prerequisites to a…