United States v. Lomas’s Empirical Analysis
440 F.2d 335 · 1971
Citation profile
7 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2421 (White-Slave Traffic Act of 1910 (Mann Act))
Relies on Douglas v. Alabama · Mortensen v. United States · Federal Trade Commission v. Procter & Gamble Co. · Helton v. United States · People v. Zackowitz
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In order to establish that interstate transportation or travel was for an “immoral purpose”, the evidence in the case need not show that prostitution was the only purpose of the transportation or travel. A person may have several different motives or reasons for doing a particular act such as travelling; and all such reasons may, in varying degrees, prompt the act of making a particular trip or journey. Proof of an “immoral purpose” is sufficient if the evidence in the case establishes beyond a reasonable doubt that, at the time the woman or girl designated in the indictment crossed state lines, from one state into another state, prostitution was one of the dominant purposes of such interstate travel.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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