Case Categories: Mail

• American School of Magnetic Healing v. McAnnulty (1902)

  American School of Magnetic Healing v. McAnnulty (1902) furthered First Amendment freedoms by limiting the discretion of the postmaster general concerning mail...

• Blount v. Rizzi (1971)

  In Blount v. Rizzi (1971) nullified provisions allowing the postmaster general to refuse to mail obscene matter. The First Amendment requires safeguards for...

• Bolger v. Youngs Drug Products Corp. (1983)

  Bolger v. Youngs Drug Products Corp. (1983) invalidated a rule against mailing unsolicited contraceptive ads. The Court invoked First Amendment free-speech...

• Donaldson v. Read Magazine (1948)

  In Donaldson v. Read Magazine (1948), the Court said First Amendment freedoms of speech and press did not prohibit Congress from trying to prevent mail fraud...

• Ex parte Jackson (1877)

  In Ex parte Jackson (1877), the Supreme Court said Congress did not violate the First Amendment by closing the postal system to literature about lotteries...

• Grimm v. United States (1895)

  In Grimm v. United States, the Supreme Court upheld on a conviction for using the mail to convey information about where to purchase pornographic pictures...

• Hannegan v. Esquire (1946)

  Hannegan v. Esquire (1974) overturned a decision revoking a mail permit issued to Esquire magazine, affirming First Amendment freedoms of speech and press...

• Hartman v. Moore (2006)

  Hartman v. Moore (2006) said that those who allege their First Amendment rights are being retaliated against must prove there is no probable cause for the...

• In re Rapier (1892)

  In re Rapier affirmed that federal statutes prohibiting the use of the mail to send lottery cards or advertisements do not violate First Amendment freedom of...

• Leach v. Carlile (1922)

  Leach v. Carlile (1922), which upheld a mail fraud order, is best known for a dissent emphasizing that the First Amendment was designed to prevent prior...

• Lewis Publishing Company v. Morgan (1913)

  Lewis Publishing Company v. Morgan (1913) said requiring newspapers to submit the names of editors and owners to the Post Office did not violate the First...

• Masses Publishing Co. v. Patten (S.D.N.Y) (1917)

  Masses Publishing Co. v. Patten (S.D.N.Y. 1917) stands as testament to Judge Learned Hand's attempt to maintain First Amendment freedoms during World War I...

• Rowan v. U.S. Post Office Department (1970)

  Rowan v. U.S. Post Office (1970) held that a person's right to privacy prevailed over First Amendment claims of publisher mailing sexual materials to a person's...

• Swearingen v. United States (1896)

  The First Amendment case Swearingen v. United States (1896) overturned the conviction of a newspaper publisher who mailed a newspaper with an allegedly obscene...

• United States ex rel. Milwaukee Social Democratic Publishing Co. v. Burleson (1921)

  Milwaukee Social Democratic Publishing Co. v. Burleson (1921) denied mailing privileges to a socialist newspaper. Dissenters said the decision violated the...

• United States Postal Service v. Greenburgh Civic Associations (1981)

  USPS v. Greenburgh Civic Associations (1981) said a law against putting unstamped messages in mailboxes was content neutral and did not violate the First...