Legal Opinion
Beneficial Finance Co. Of New York, Inc. v. Ronald Dallas and Mary E. Dallas, and United States Postal Service
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 23, 1978No. 518, Docket 77-6137PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MULLIGAN, Circuit Judge:
This appeal raises the issue of whether the United States Postal Service (USPS) is immune from commercial garnishment proceedings. On July 26, 1977 the United States District Court for the Western District of New York, through the Honorable Harold P. Burke, held that the USPS has sovereign immunity from commercial garnishment proceedings. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the USPS and quashed the income execution served by Beneficial Finance Company of New York, Inc. (Beneficial) which required the USPS to garnish the wages paid to its employee,…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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