Sinclair v. United States

The facts sufficiently appear from the opinion of the court.

This case is before us on defendant’s motion for summary judgment, on the ground that “there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and that the defendant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.”

Plaintiff sues because, he alleges, he was unjustly convicted of having violated section 1461, Title 18, U. S. C. (1946 Ed., Supp. V) by the mailing of a certain letter on or about July 14,1948.

Section 1461 declares several different things to be non-mailable matter, and prohibits their carriage in the mails or delivery from any post…