POWERS v. UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE

No. 81-2421.

671 F.2d 1041 (1982)

Donald S. POWERS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 2, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Palmer C. Singleton, Jr., Highland, Ind., for plaintiff-appellant.

Charles B. Miller, Asst. U. S. Atty., R. Lawrence Steele Jr., U. S. Atty., Hammond, Ind., for defendant-appellee.

Before SPRECHER and POSNER, Circuit Judges, and BONSAL, Senior District Judge.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The question we are called upon to decide in this case — one of first impression in this circuit — is whether state law or federal common law is to be used to decide a dispute between the United States Postal Service, as tenant, and a private landlord, concerning the landlord's right to terminate the lease for nonpayment of rent.

The landlord (appellant in this court) is an Indiana man named Powers, and the leased premises...

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