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PIKE v. WALKER

No. 7697.

121 F.2d 37 (1941)

PIKE et al. v. WALKER, Postmaster General.

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided March 17, 1941.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Nash and Horace J. Donnelly, Jr., both of Washington, D. C., for appellants.

Edward M. Curran, U. S. Atty., and William S. Tarver, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Washington, D. C., for appellees.

Before GRONER, Chief Justice, and VINSON and RUTLEDGE, Associate Justices.

GRONER, C. J.

The postal service statutes authorize the Postmaster General, "upon evidence satisfactory to him", to deny the right to receive mail to any person engaged in conducting any scheme or device for obtaining money or property through the mails by fraudulent representations or promises.1 When the Postmaster General acts, he issues what is called a "fraud order", which commands the local postmaster to stamp the offender's mail...

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