Legal Opinion
Sportique Fashions, Inc. v. Sullivan
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 21, 1979No. 76-3264PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TRASK, Circuit Judge.
The nature of this case was well-put by the district judge in his Findings of Fact:
“Inscribed on the Main Post Office in New York City is the famous quotation:
*665Not snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.
The issue before this court is whether a negligence action for damages lies against individual United States Postal Department officials when mail is not delivered swiftly, or at all.” Findings of Fact at 1.
The district court entered judgment against plaintiffs, and they filed a timely notice of…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Scheuer v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Barr v. MatteoSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Tony Mark v. Paul GroffCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1975
- The May Department Stores Company v. Monroe Williamson, Sisters of St. Mary v. Donald A. Lerch and United States Postal ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1977
- Standard Oil Division, American Oil Co. v. StarksCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1975
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Hutchinson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
- Insurance Company of North America v. United States Postal ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Harry L. Anderson v. United States Postal ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- Frank Mastoloni & Sons, Inc. v. United States Postal ServiceDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1982
- Loeffler v. TischCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1986
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