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LEWIS PUBLISHING CO. v. MORGAN

Nos. 819, 818.

229 U.S. 288 (1913)

LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY v. MORGAN, POSTMASTER IN NEW YORK CITY. JOURNAL OF COMMERCE AND COMMERCIAL BULLETIN v. BURLESON, POSTMASTER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 10, 1913.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James M. Beck, for Lewis Publishing Company, appellant in No. 819.

Mr. Robert C. Morris, with whom Mr. Guthrie B. Plante was on the brief, for Journal of Commerce, appellant in No. 818.

The Solicitor General for the United States.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the court.

The Post Office Appropriation Act of August 24, 1912, 37 Stat. 539, 553, 554, c. 389, in § 2, contains the following:

"SEC. 2. . . . That it shall be the duty of the editor, publisher, business manager, or owner of every newspaper, magazine, periodical, or other publication to file with the Postmaster General and the postmaster at the office at which...

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