Davis v. Beason

Davis v. Beason
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued December 9–10, 1889 Decided February 3, 1890
Full case name	Davis v. Beason, Sheriff.
Citations	133 U.S. 333 (more) 10 S. Ct. 299; 33 L. Ed. 637; 1890 U.S. LEXIS 1915
Holding
Courts of the United States have jurisdiction to hear charges related to polygamy, even though it is a part of religious belief.
Court membership
Chief Justice Melville Fuller Associate Justices Samuel F. Miller · Stephen J. Field Joseph P. Bradley · John M. Harlan Horace Gray · Samuel Blatchford Lucius Q. C. Lamar II · David J. Brewer
Case opinion
Majority	Field, joined by unanimous
Laws applied
Amendment I

Mormonism and polygamy
A Mormon "Saint" and Wives by Charles Weitfle (c. 1878–1885)
Early Mormonism Joseph Smith • Wives of Joseph Smith • Origin of Latter Day Saint polygamy • Spiritual wifery
Latter-day Saints Brigham Young • Wives of Brigham Young • Late-19th century Mormon polygamy • Mormon colonies in Mexico • 1890 Manifesto • Reed Smoot hearings • 1904 Manifesto
Mormon fundamentalism AUB • Centennial Park group • Council of Friends • Current state of polygamy • FLDS Church • Kingston Group • List of leaders • Lost boys • Short Creek raid • YFZ Ranch
Antipolygamy laws Morrill Anti-Bigamy Act • Poland Act • Edmunds Act • Edmunds–Tucker Act
Case law Reynolds v. US • Cannon v. US • Clawson v. US • Davis v. Beason • Late Corp. of the LDS Church v. US • Cleveland v. US • Brown v. Buhman • List of polygamy court cases
Related articles Celestial marriage • Freedom of religion in the US • Legal status of polygamy • List of practitioners • Polygamy czar • Polygamy in Christianity • Polygamy in North America • Timeline of civil marriage in the United States
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Davis v. Beason, 133 U.S. 333 (1890), was a United States Supreme Court case affirming, by a 9–0 vote, that federal laws against polygamy did not conflict with the free exercise clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.