U.S. POSTAL SERV. v. NAT. ASS'N OF LETTER CARRIERS

No. 87-7324.

847 F.2d 775 (1988)

UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS, AFL-CIO, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 22, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cohen, Weiss & Simon, Keith E. Secular, John S. Bishop, New York City, Stropp & Nakamura, Robert H. Stropp, Jr., Birmingham, Ala., for defendant-appellant.

Frank W. Donaldson, U.S. Atty., Herbert J. Lewis, III, Birmingham, Ala., Kevin Rachel, U.S. Postal Service, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before RONEY, Chief Judge, TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge, and PAUL, District Judge.


RONEY, Chief Judge:

National Association of Letter Carriers, AFL-CIO (NALC) appeals an order of a district court vacating an arbitration award which required reinstatement of an employee convicted of stealing from the mail. We affirm.

Jackie Watley, an employee of the United States Postal Service, stole the contents of two "test letters" prepared by a postal inspector. Mr. Watley was charged with two counts of violating 18 U.S.C.A. § 1709, which prohibits...

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