The Reynolds v. United States Decision:
The Supreme Court ruled in favor of the United States. The Court saw the practice of religiously-related bigamy as no different from the practice of religiously motivated human sacrifice; each was conduct in violation of social duties, and therefore prohibitable (punishable) by the state.

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