Legal Opinion
Williams v. Fanning
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 15, 1947No. 47PublishedCited by 211 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Douglas
This case, here on certiorari to resolve a conflict between the circuits, 1 presents the question whether those against whom the Postmaster General has issued a postal fraud order may sue the local postmaster to enjoin him from carrying out the order or whether the Postmaster General is an indispensable party.
The Postmaster General, after a hearing in Washington, D. C., found that petitioners’ weight-reducing enterprise was fraudulent. He accordingly issued a fraud order (R. S. §§3929, 4041, 39 U. S. C. §§ 259, 732) directing respondent, postmaster at Los Angeles, California (where…
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