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MAY DEPT. STORES CO. v. WILLIAMSON

Nos. 76-1597 and 76-1713.

549 F.2d 1147 (1977)

The MAY DEPARTMENT STORES COMPANY, Appellant, v. Monroe WILLIAMSON, Appellee. SISTERS OF ST. MARY, Appellant, v. Donald A. LERCH and United States Postal Service, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided February 7, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold L. Wagman, Masor, Pitler, Wagman & Mandell (argued), Chicago, Ill., Gerald J. Bamberger, St. Charles, Mo., for Sisters of St. Mary's.

Charles Clayton, Clayton & Karfeld, St. Louis, Mo., for May Co. Dept. Store.

Harry R. Silver, Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., App. Sec., Washington, D.C., for Williamson.

Rex E. Lee, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D.C., Barry A. Short, U.S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo., and Leonard Schaitman and Richard A. Olderman, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., App. Sec., Washington, D.C., for U.S. Postal Service.

Before LAY, HEANEY and STEPHENSON, Circuit Judges.

STEPHENSON, Circuit Judge.

These appeals challenge the immunity of the United States Postal Service (USPS) to garnishment procedures to effect judgments in state courts. In both cases the USPS filed a motion to quash summons to garnishee. On July 2, 1976, the district court1 sustained the motions of USPS, thereby holding that the USPS was immune to garnishment procedures to effect judgments in state courts. We reverse.

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