Schmuck v. U.S., No. 87-6431 (U.S. Supreme Court) (489 U.S. 705; 109 S.Ct. 1443) (March 22, 1989) (Justice Blackmun)
In this case, the Court explained that the mail fraud statute (18 U.S.C. § 1341) was not "designed to reach all frauds, but only those limited instances in which the use of the mails is a part of the execution of the fraud, leaving all other cases to be dealt …
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