Case Categories: Lotteries

• 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...

• 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...

• United States v. Edge Broadcasting Co. (1993)

  In 1993, the U.S. Supreme Court in United States v. Edge Broadcasting Co. upheld a federal law prohibiting the broadcasting of advertisements for state-run...