Case Categories: Polygamy

• Cleveland v. United States (1946)

  The Supreme Court in Cleveland v. United States (1946) upheld the convictions of a fundamentalist group of polygamous Mormons. Justice William Douglas,...

• Davis v. Beason (1890)

  In Davis v. Beason (1890), the Supreme Court upheld an Idaho law directed at Mormons. The law withdrew the right to vote from individuals who refused to swear...

• Late Corporation of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints v. United States (1890)
• Murphy v. Ramsey (1885)
• Reynolds v. United States (1879)