Algoma Steel Corp. v. United States

How later courts describe this case

• observing that reversal of convictions is required if instructions “could have led the jury to convict for conduct outside the proscription of the mail fraud statute”
• joinder proper where common factual questions allow the jury to draw consistent conclusion regarding facts relevant to separate counts
• erroneous instruction on essential element of crime is constitutional error subject to harmless beyond a reasonable doubt test
• "[a]s a condition precedent to a summary process action, proper notice to quit is a jurisdictional necessity"
• motion to reconsider denial of new trial allowed for intervening change in law when filed prior to final judgment
• newspapers had First Amendment right of access after trial and verdict to juror identities
• court can consider pleadings and affidavits and take other evidence in determining subject matter jurisdiction
• a district court must engage in de novo review where a party has objected to a magistrate’s decision