Legal Opinion
Detroit Window Cleaners Local 139 Insurance Fund v. Griffin
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided July 26, 1972No. Civ. A. 38360PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER TO QUASH WRIT OF GARNISHMENT
KAESS, Chief Judge.
In this ease, plaintiff is attempting to garnish money allegedly owing to the defendants for services rendered upon a contract for the cleaning of windows in certain buildings occupied by the United Postal Service.
It is plaintiff’s position that, when Congress conferred the power to “sue and be sued” upon the United States Postal Service, it intended to include in this power a waiver of immunity from garnishment proceedings. 39 U.S.C. § 401.
The Court cannot agree with this contention. Lawhorn v. Lawhorn, Civil Action No. 72-48, United…
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