Legal Opinion
Kann v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 4, 1944No. 35PublishedCited by 382 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Roberts
We took this case because it involves important questions arising under § 215 of the Criminal Code.1 The section provides that “Whoever, having devised . . . any scheme or artifice to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises, . . . shall, for the purpose of executing such scheme or artifice or attempting so to do, place, or cause to be placed, any letter ... in any post office, or . . . cause to be delivered by mail according to the direction thereon . . . any such letter, . . . shall be fined not more than $1,000, or…
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