Donaldson v. Read Magazine, No. 50

CourtUnited States Supreme Court
Writing for the CourtBLACK
Citation333 U.S. 178,92 L.Ed.6 28,68 S.Ct. 591
PartiesDONALDSON, Postmaster General, v. READ MAGAZINE, Inc., et al. Re
Docket NumberNo. 50
Decision Date08 March 1948
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115 practice notes
  • Robinson v. Huerta, Civil Action No.: 14–0451 (RC)
    • United States
    • United States District Courts. United States District Court (Columbia)
    • August 24, 2015
    ...inapplicable." Ingraham v. Wright, 430 U.S. 651, 667–70, 97 S.Ct. 1401, 51 L.Ed.2d 711 (1977) ; see also Donaldson v. Read Magazine, Inc., 333 U.S. 178, 184–191, 68 S.Ct. 591, 92 L.Ed. 628 (1948) (holding that "[t]he purpose of mail fraud orders is not punishment, but prevention of future i......
  • Goldin v. Public Utilities Commission, S.F. 23714
    • United States
    • United States State Supreme Court (California)
    • March 15, 1979
    ...against publication of classified study concerning government decision-making on Viet Nam policy) with Donaldson v. Read Magazine, 333 U.S. 178, 189-191, 66 S.Ct. 591, 92 L.Ed. 628 (1948) (upholding statutes permitting Postmaster General to return mail addressed to one found by him to be en......
  • Jeffries v. Olesen, No. 15779.
    • United States
    • United States District Courts. 9th Circuit. United States District Court (Southern District of California)
    • May 13, 1954
    ...claims would be interpreted and understood by the ordinary man reading the circular as a whole. Cf. Donaldson v. Read Magazine, 1948, 333 U.S. 178, 188-189, 194-196, 68 S.Ct. 591, 92 L.Ed. 628. The very most that can be said favorably to the evidence is that the physician called by the Soli......
  • Gladden v. Cadillac Motor Car Division, General Motors Corp.
    • United States
    • United States State Supreme Court (New Jersey)
    • June 30, 1980
    ...that annual interest charged was six percent even though careful reading indicated otherwise). Cf. Donaldson v. Read Magazine, Inc., 333 U.S. 178, 188, 68 S.Ct. 591, 597, 92 L.Ed. 628, 640 (1947) ("Advertisements as a whole may be completely misleading although every sentence separately con......
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116 cases
  • Fulton v. City of Phila., No. 19-123
    • United States
    • United States Supreme Court
    • June 17, 2021
    ...soliciting bribes, perjury, speech threatening physical injury, and obscenity are examples. See, e.g., Donaldson v. Read Magazine, Inc., 333 U. S. 178, 190-191 (1948) (fraud); Giboney v. Empire Storage & Ice Co., 336 U. S. 490, 498 (1949) (speech integral to criminal conduct); McCutcheon v.......
  • Robinson v. Huerta, Civil Action No.: 14–0451 (RC)
    • United States
    • United States District Courts. United States District Court (Columbia)
    • August 24, 2015
    ...inapplicable." Ingraham v. Wright, 430 U.S. 651, 667–70, 97 S.Ct. 1401, 51 L.Ed.2d 711 (1977) ; see also Donaldson v. Read Magazine, Inc., 333 U.S. 178, 184–191, 68 S.Ct. 591, 92 L.Ed. 628 (1948) (holding that "[t]he purpose of mail fraud orders is not punishment, but prevention of future i......
  • Goldin v. Public Utilities Commission, S.F. 23714
    • United States
    • United States State Supreme Court (California)
    • March 15, 1979
    ...against publication of classified study concerning government decision-making on Viet Nam policy) with Donaldson v. Read Magazine, 333 U.S. 178, 189-191, 66 S.Ct. 591, 92 L.Ed. 628 (1948) (upholding statutes permitting Postmaster General to return mail addressed to one found by him to be en......
  • Jeffries v. Olesen, No. 15779.
    • United States
    • United States District Courts. 9th Circuit. United States District Court (Southern District of California)
    • May 13, 1954
    ...claims would be interpreted and understood by the ordinary man reading the circular as a whole. Cf. Donaldson v. Read Magazine, 1948, 333 U.S. 178, 188-189, 194-196, 68 S.Ct. 591, 92 L.Ed. 628. The very most that can be said favorably to the evidence is that the physician called by the Soli......
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2 books & journal articles
  • RECLAIMING ACCESS TO TRUTH IN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE AFTER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FAMILY & LIFE ADVOCATES V. BECERRA.
    • United States
    • Michigan Law Review Vol. 119 Nbr. 1, October 2020
    • October 1, 2020
    ...(158.) Id. (159.) Id. (160.) Id. (161.) Brown, supra note 74, at 274. (162.) Donaldson v. Read Mag., Inc., 333 U.S. 178,190 (1948). (163.) See supra Part II. (164.) 37 AM. JUR. 2D Fraud and Deceit [section] 1, Westlaw (database updated Feb. 2020). (165.) United States v. Alvarez, 567 U.S. 7......
  • The Fiction of the First Freedom
    • United States
    • Political Research Quarterly Nbr. 6-2, June 1953
    • June 1, 1953
    ...225 U.S. 407 (1921); Leach v. Carlile,258 U.S. 138 (1922); United States v. Ballard, 322 U.S. 78 (1944); Donaldson v. Read Magazine, Inc., 333 U.S. 178 May Dept. Store Co. v. N. L. R. B., 326 U.S. 376 (1945); United States v. Congress of Industrial Organizations, 335 U.S. 106 (1948); Lincol......

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