Williams v. North Carolina (1945)
| Williams v. North Carolina | |
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| Argued October 13, 1944 Decided May 21, 1945 | |
| Full case name | Williams, et al. v. State of North Carolina |
| Citations | 325 U.S. 226 (more) 65 S. Ct. 1092; 89 L. Ed. 1577 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | State v. Williams et al., 224 N.C. 183, 29 S.E.2d 744 (1944). |
| Subsequent | Rehearing denied, 325 U.S. 895 |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Frankfruter |
| Concurrence | Frankfurter |
| Dissent | Rutledge |
| Dissent | Black, joined by Douglas |
Williams v. North Carolina, 325 U.S. 226 (1945), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that a divorce decree granted by Nevada was not entitled to full faith and credit in North Carolina because the Nevada court lacked jurisdiction over the parties. It was a follow-up to the Supreme Court's decision in Williams v. North Carolina (1942). The Williams cases are part of a long line of Supreme Court decisions grappling with issues of divorce jurisdiction and full faith and credit in a federal system. The ability of states to reexamine divorce decrees from other states on jurisdictional grounds was later limited by cases such as Sherrer v. Sherrer (1948) and Johnson v. Muelberger (1951), at least where the defendant spouse had participated in the divorce proceedings.