IN RE YOUNG

No. 713, Docket 88-3061.

869 F.2d 158 (1989)

In re Vera YOUNG, Petitioner. Vera YOUNG, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided February 27, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter M. Meginniss, Jr. (Gladstein, Reif & Meginniss, New York City, of counsel), for petitioner.

Bernard W. Bell, Asst. U.S. Atty. (Rudolph W. Giuliani, U.S. Atty. S.D. of New York, Edward T. Ferguson, III, Asst. U.S. Atty., New York City, of counsel), for defendant, U.S. Postal Service.

Before OAKES, Chief Judge, and FEINBERG and PRATT, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Vera Young petitions this court for a writ of mandamus directing the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Carter, J.) to grant her a jury trial in her wrongful discharge action against the United States Postal Service. Her petition presents an important question of first impression before this court. Petitioner claims that the clause in the Postal Reorganization Act that allows the postal service to "sue and be sued", 39...

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