Legal Opinion
American Civil Liberties Union, Inc. v. Kiely
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 7, 1930No. 196PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge.
• The postmaster of New York, acting under instructions of the Postmaster General, refused to receive from the complainant for transmission through the mails a quantity of envelopes because of matter printed on the face of the envelopes.
The envelopes sought to be mailed contained a pamphlet advocating the pardon of Tom Mooney, who was convicted in the state of California for exploding a bomb in San Francisco on July 22, 1916, whereby ten people were killed, and was thereafter sentenced to life imprisonment. The pamphlet purports to show requests for pardon by…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Bates & Guild Co. v. PayneSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Smith v. HitchcockSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Weston v. . Commercial Advertiser Assn.New York Court of Appeals · 1906
- Masses Pub. Co. v. PattenCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1917
- Warren v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1910
3Cited by12 opinions
- Tollett v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1973
- Tommy Hiett v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Fowler v. Curtis Pub. Co.District Court, District of Columbia · 1948
- Preston McCrossen v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1965
- United Medical Laboratories, Inc. v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.District Court, D. Oregon · 1966
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