Legal Opinion
Bolger v. Youngs Drug Products Corp.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 24, 1983No. 81-1590PublishedCited by 888 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Marshall
Title 39 U. S. C. § 3001(e)(2) prohibits the mailing of unsolicited advertisements for contraceptives. The District Court held that, as applied to appellee’s mailings, the statute violates the First Amendment. We affirm.
Section 3001(e)(2) states that “[a]ny unsolicited advertisement of matter which is designed, adapted, or intended for preventing conception is nonmailable matter, shall not be carried or delivered by mail, and shall be disposed of as the Postal Service directs . . . ,”1 As interpreted by Postal *62Service regulations,2 the statutory provision does not apply to unsolicited…
2Cases cited48 opinions
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- Miller v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by888 opinions
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