Lee v. Florida

The three petitioners were convicted in a Florida trial court for violating the state lottery laws. Their con-*379victims were affirmed by a Florida district court of appeal,1 and the Supreme Court of Florida denied further review. We granted certiorari to consider the application of § 605 of the Federal Communications Act of 1934, 48 Stat. 1103, 47 U. S. C. § 605, to the circumstances of this case.2 That statute provides:

“[N]o person not being authorized by the sender shall intercept any communication and divulge . . . the existence, contents, substance, purport, effect, or meaning of such…