Legal Opinion
United States v. First National City Bank
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided August 16, 1978No. 76 CIV 1674PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
SAND, District Judge.
Plaintiff, the United States, seeks in this action to recoup monies it paid to reimburse defendant, Citibank, N.A. (sued herein and formerly known as First National City Bank) (“Citibank”), for funds Citibank disbursed when it cashed postal money orders that had been stolen and forged. The principal issue is the validity of the postal regulations tnat authorize such recoupment. The Government has moved for summary judgment.
I. BACKGROUND
A. FACTS
Certain facts are not in dispute. In the course of three burglaries of post offices— at Buckfield, Maine on March 27, 1970, at Big…
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