Legal Opinion
Reilly v. Pinkus
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided November 14, 1949No. 31PublishedCited by 127 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Black
Federal statutes have long authorized the Postmaster General to forbid delivery of mail and payment of money orders to “any person or company” found, “upon evidence satisfactory” to him, to be “conducting any . . . scheme or device for obtaining money . . . through the mails by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises . ...” Following a hearing the Postmaster General issued such an order restricting respondent’s use of the mails.
The representations on which the order is based relate to respondent’s anti-fat treatment, nationally advertised under the name of “Dr.…
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