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GARDEN CITY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE v. WAGNER

Civil No. 11761.

100 F.Supp. 769 (1951)

GARDEN CITY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, Inc. et al. v. WAGNER.

United States District Court E. D. New York.

October 15, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James G. Moore, Garden City, N. Y., for plaintiffs (Joseph H. Wackerman, Brooklyn, N. Y., and Emerson A. Swartz, Floral Park, N. Y., of counsel).

Frank J. Parker, U. S. Atty., Brooklyn, N. Y., for defendant (George Taylor, Asst. U. S. Atty., Brooklyn, N. Y., of counsel).

BYERS, District Judge.

If the Court is empowered to reach a decision on the merits of this controversy, it will determine whether the plaintiffs are correct in their contention that a card which they seek to send through the U. S. Mails cannot be lawfully excluded therefrom on the theory that the scheme therein described is a lottery.

In substance it is designated as a treasure hunt, and involves the following steps:

(a) Each recipient of a card detaches...

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