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KANN v. UNITED STATES

No. 35.

323 U.S. 88 (1944)

65 S.Ct. 148

89 L.Ed. 88

KANN v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 4, 1944.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Simon E. Sobeloff, with whom Mr. Bernard M. Goldstein was on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. William A. Paisley, with whom Solicitor General Fahy, Assistant Attorney General Tom C. Clark, Mr. Robert S. Erdahl, and Miss Beatrice Rosenberg were on the brief, for the United States.

MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS delivered the opinion of the Court.

We took this case because it involves important questions arising under § 215 of the Criminal Code.1 The section provides that "Whoever, having devised . . . any scheme or artifice to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises, .. . shall, for the purpose of executing...

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