AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION v. U.S. POSTAL SERV.

Civ. A. No. 87-3199.

701 F.Supp. 880 (1988)

AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION, AFL-CIO, and National Association of Letter Carriers, AFL-CIO, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, Defendant.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

December 20, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anton G. Hajjar, O'Donnell, Schwartz & Anderson, Washington, D.C., for American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO.

Richard N. Gilberg, Sophia E. Davis, Cohen, Weiss and Simon, New York City, for National Ass'n of Letter Carriers, AFL-CIO.

Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., John D. Bates and Wilma A. Lewis, Asst. U.S. Attys., of counsel, Charles D. Hawley, Catherine V. Pagano, Law Dept., U.S. Postal Service, for defendant.


INTRODUCTION

CHARLES R. RICHEY, District Judge.

The United States Postal Service (the "Service") enjoys a statutory monopoly over the delivery of mail in and from the United States. This monopoly, as the Supreme Court recently noted, "has prevailed in this country since the Articles of Confederation," and is intended to ensure "prompt, reliable, and efficient services to [postal] patrons in all areas." Univ. of California v. Public Employment Relations...

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