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...
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