Legal Opinion
Fasulo v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 6, 1926No. 251PublishedCited by 101 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Butler
The petitioner, indicted with others in the Northern District of California, was convicted of conspiracy to violate § 215 of the Criminal Code. 35 Stat. 1088, 1130. The judgment was affirmed, 7 F. (2d) 961. And see Lupipparu v. United States, 5 F. (2d) 504.
The question for decision is whether the use of the mails for the purpose of obtaining money by means of threats of murder or bodily harm is a scheme to defraud within the meaning of that section. Petitioner contends that sending threatening letters for that purpose involves coercion and not fraud. The government insists that in a broad…
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