Legal Opinion
National Conference on Legalizing Lotteries, Inc. v. Farley
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 28, 1938No. 7031PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGroner, C. J.
This is a bill in equity filed by National Conference On Legalizing Lotteries, Inc., against the Postmaster General, praying for an injunction to restrain him from seizing appellant’s mail and returning it to the senders with the word “Fraudulent” written or stamped upon the outside thereof. The Postmaster General filed an answer, and the cause was heard by one of the judges of the United States District ■Court and the bill dismissed. This appeal followed.
The statute involved provides that, 39 U.S.C. § 259, 39 U.S.C.A. § 259: “The Postmaster General may, upon evidence satisfactory to him that…
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