Legal Opinion
Tollett v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 2, 1973No. 72-1498PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAY, Circuit Judge.
Section 1718, Title 18, of the United States Code1 was found by the federal district court to have been violated by the defendant Ray Allen Tollett. Tollett was convicted and sentenced to two years in prison for mailing eight post-cards containing “scurrilous” and “defamatory” language about a former employee and the latter’s wife.2 Tollett testified that he believed a former employee of his, L. A. Clower, had committed numerous malicious acts against him, including poisoning his dog and burning down his place of business. Tollett addressed the postcards to “Burns Sheet…
2Cases cited80 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Broadrick v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Cantwell v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Roth v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
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3Cited by32 opinions
- United States v. CridenCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1981
- Collin v. SmithCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1978
- Gary Reeves v. Jim McConn in His Official Capacity as Mayor of the City of HoustonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Gottschalk v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1978
- Casbah, Inc. v. ThoneCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
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