Rathbun v. United States - 355 U.S. 107 (1957)

U.S. Supreme Court

Rathbun v. United States, 355 U.S. 107 (1957)

Rathbun v. United States

No. 30

Argued October 29, 1957

Decided December 9, 1957

355 U.S. 107

Syllabus

Contents of a communication overheard by police officers on a regularly used telephone extension, with the consent of the person who is both the subscriber to the extension and a party to the conversation, are admissible in a criminal trial in a federal court; because such use of a regularly used telephone extension does not involve any "interception" of a telephone message, as Congress intended that word to be used in § 605 of the Federal Communications Act. Pp. 355 U. S. 107-111.

236 F.2d 514, affirmed.