Legal Opinion
Cooper v. U.S. Postal Service
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 20, 2009No. Docket 07-4825-cv (L), 07-4826-cv (Con)PublishedCited by 110 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DENNIS JACOBS, Chief Judge:
This case raises an Establishment Clause challenge to religious displays at a contract postal unit operated by a church in Manchester, Connecticut. Contract postal units, or “CPUs,” are postal facilities operated by private entities on private property (such as general stores or private homes) pursuant to contracts with the United States Postal Service. Plaintiff Bertram Cooper (“Cooper”), a Manchester resident, alleged discomfort with encountering religious materials displayed at the Manchester CPU and sued the United States Postal Service (“USPS”), the Postmaster…
2Cases cited37 opinions
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- Lemon v. KurtzmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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