Hoke v. United States

Hoke v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued January 7–8, 1913 Decided February 24, 1913
Full case name	Effie Hoke and Basile Economides, Plaintiffs in Error, v. United States
Citations	227 U.S. 308 (more)
Holding
Though Congress could not regulate prostitution per se—as that was strictly the province of the states—it could regulate interstate travel for purposes of prostitution or “immoral purposes.”
Court membership
Chief Justice Edward D. White Associate Justices Joseph McKenna · Oliver W. Holmes, Jr. William R. Day · Horace H. Lurton Charles E. Hughes · Willis Van Devanter Joseph R. Lamar · Mahlon Pitney
Case opinions
Majority	McKenna

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.

See also

• List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 227

Further reading

• Keire, Mara L. (2001). "The Vice Trust: A Reinterpretation of the White Slavery Scare in the United States, 1907-1917". Journal of Social History. Journal of Social History, Vol. 35, No. 1. 35 (1): 5–41. doi:10.1353/jsh.2001.0089. JSTOR 3789262.