Legal Opinion
Employees Welfare Committee v. E. H. Daws, Postmaster and Area Director U. S. Postal Service
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 3, 1979No. 77-2063PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VANCE, Circuit Judge:
Employees Welfare Committee (EWC) 1 appeals from an order of dismissal by the United States District Court for the South ern District of Florida. 2 EWC’s action as filed sought declaratory relief, an accounting, damages, and injunctive relief for the alleged tortious conversion of its property by Miami Postmaster, E. H. Daws.
For about twenty-five years employees of the Miami Post Office, through EWC, operated various vending machines and concessions at the postal facilities. The committee was formed and operated pursuant to regulations of the Post Office Department, the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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3Cited by23 opinions
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