# Petition — Frank v. Minnesota Newspaper Assn., Inc.

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## Record

- **Collection:** Supreme Court brief
- **Document type:** Petition
- **Published:** January 1, 1989
- **Citation:** 490 U.S. 225

## Text

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Nos. 87-1943 and 87-1956 NOV 17 1988

OCTOBER TERM, 1988

MINNESOTA NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION, INC., APPELLANT
Vv

ANTHONY M. FRANK,
POSTMASTER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES, ET AL.

ANTHONY M. FRANK,
POSTMASTER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES, ET AL.,
APPELLANTS

v.
MINNESOTA NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION, INC.

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ON APPEALS FROM THE UNITED STATES
UIST RICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA

BRIEF FOR THE FEDERAL PARTIES

CHARLES FRIED
Solicitor General

JOHN R. BOLTON
Assistant Attorney General

THOMAS W. MERRILL

Deputy Solicitor General
PAUL J. LARKIN, JR.

Assistant to the Solicitor General
IRENE M. SOLET

Attorney

Department of Justice
Washington, D.C. 20530
(202) 633-2217

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QUESTION PRESENTED

Section 1302 para. 5 of Title 18 makes it a crime
knowingly to mail “any newspaper, circular, pamphlet,
or publication of any kind containing any advertisement
of any lottery, gift enterprise, or scheme of any kind
offering prizes dependent in whole or in part upon lot or
chance,” or “any list of the prizes drawn or awarded” by
means of any such lottery or similar enterprise. The
question is whether the advertisement and prize list
clauses in Section 1302 are invalid under the First
Amendment.

(1)

PARTIES TO THE PROCEEDINGS

In addition to the parties named in the caption, the
United States Postal Service and the United States of
America were named as defendants in the district court.
They are appellants in this Court in No. 87-1956 and
appellees in No. 87-1943.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Opinion below
Jurisdiction _.
Constitutional, statutory, and regulatory provisions in-
Statement :
A. Historical and statutory background

Summary of argument

Argument:

The restrictions in 18 U.S.C. 1302 on the use of the
mails to promote lotteries are a lawful regulation of

Section 1302 regulates the distribution through
_ the mails of commercial speech promoting | lot-
teries .

A. “Commercial nner is not limited to tradi-
tional forms of “advertising” and embraces
other types of expression that are integrally
related to a commercial transaction...

B. The prize list clause, like the advertisement

clause, regulates only the use of the mails
for the commercial promotion of lotteries _

Section 1302 is a reasonable regulation of com-

mercial speech .

A. Gestion 2008 divestiy premstes covered lentts.
mate governmental interests ...................
1. Section 1302 may be applied to prohibit

the use of the mails to promote an illegal
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2. Section 1302 may be applied to prohibit
the use of the mails to promote a lottery
that is legal under federal! or state law

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B. The mailing restrictions in Section 1302 di-
rectly promote Congress's interests... 40

C. The mailing restrictions in Section 1302 are
no more extensive than necessary .............. 42
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TABLE OF AUTHORITIES
Cases :

Ah Sin v. Wittman, 198 U.S. 500 (1905) ................ 35

Aimes Publications, Inc. v. United States Postal
Service, Civ. No. 86-1434 (D.D.C. Feb. 23,

1988) 15
Allied Tube & Conduit Corp. ' v. . Indian Head, Ine.,

No. 87-157 (June 13, 1988) ................... ........-...-. 19
Bigelow v. Virginia, 421 U.S. 809 (1975) .. 21
Blount v. Rizzi, 400 U.S. 410 (1971) ......... 37
Bolger v. Youngs Drug Products Corp. 463 US.

EEE 19, 20, 21, 29, 37
Boos Vv. Barry, No. 86-803 (Mar. 22, 1988) aes 16
Branzburg Vv. Hayes, 408 U.S. 665 (1972) ........ 45
Brown V. Hotel & Restaurant Employees Local 54,

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