Legal Opinion
Williams v. North Carolina
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 21, 1945No. 84PublishedCited by 1,011 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Frankfurter
This case is here to review judgments of the Supreme Court of North Carolina, affirming convictions for bigamous cohabitation,1 assailed on the ground that full faith and credit, as required by the Constitution of the United States, was not accorded divorces decreed by one of the courts of Nevada. Williams v. North Carolina, 317 U. S. 287, decided an earlier aspect of the controversy. It was there held that a divorce granted by Nevada, on a finding that one spouse was domiciled in Nevada, must be respected in North Carolina, where Nevada’s finding of domicil was not questioned, though the…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Hilton v. GuyotSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Williams v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Nash v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- In Re BurrusSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Norris v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
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3Cited by1,011 opinions
- Sosna v. IowaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Estin v. EstinSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Sherrer v. SherrerSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- New York Ex Rel. Halvey v. HalveySupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Johnson v. MuelbergerSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
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