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UNITED STATES v. CITY OF ST. LOUIS, BRANCH 343

No. 78-1478.

597 F.2d 121 (1979)

UNITED STATES of America, United States Postal Service, Appellants, v. CITY OF ST. LOUIS, BRANCH 343, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS, AFL-CIO, Charles J. Coyle, President, Branch 343, National Association of Letter Carriers, AFL-CIO, John H. Haake, Vice President, Branch 343, National Association of Letter Carriers, AFL-CIO, Anthony Kosciulek, Steward, Branch 343, National Association of Letter Carriers, AFL-CIO, at North County Branch Post Office, St. Louis, Missouri, John Jack Ruyle, Recording Secretary, Branch 343, National Association of Letter Carriers, AFL-CIO, and duly appointed Steward, Branch 343, North County Branch Post Office, St. Louis, Missouri, Robert M. Appel, Ralph L. Beck, John Constantin, Robert C. Ericson, Ronald R. Hall, Harry G. Krebs, Roy H. Kreienkamp, George B. Martin, James S. Powell, Richard J. Schaefer, Victor W. Wichmann, as agents of Branch 343, National Association of Letter Carriers, AFL-CIO, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided April 20, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas G. Wilson, Atty., App. Sec., Civ. Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C. (argued), Leonard Schaitman, Atty., Barbara Allen Babcock, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D. C., and Robert Kingsland, U. S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo., on brief, for appellants.

John H. Goffstein of Bartley, Goffstein, Bollato & Lange, Clayton, Mo., and Peter J. Carre, Washington, D. C. (argued), and Mozart G. Ratner, Washington, D. C., on brief, for appellees.

Before HEANEY and McMILLIAN, Circuit Judges, and BENSON, Chief Judge.

HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

The United States and the United States Postal Service (U.S.P.S.) brought this action against the City of St. Louis and Branch 343 of the National Association of Letter Carriers seeking a declaratory judgment that a St. Louis ordinance, which allegedly prohibited letter carriers from traversing the private property of postal service patrons, was invalid under the supremacy clause on the grounds that it conflicted with a national regulation governing...

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