Hannegan v. Read Magazine, Inc.

PRETTYMAN, Associate Justice.

Appellant, as Postmaster General, issued an order forbidding the use of the mails to appellees. They brought a civil action in the District Court to enjoin enforcement of the order. That court granted their motion for summary judgment and granted a permanent injunction. This appeal followed.

Appellees publish two magazines and also publish books in the form of reprints of classical literature. In one of these magazines, they conducted a contest, called a puzzle contest, for large cash prizes. A group of eighty puzzles, divided into twenty series of four each, was…