Legal Opinion
National Association of Letter Carriers v. Blount
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided October 30, 1969No. Civ. A. 1843-69PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GESELL, District Judge.
The National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC), a public employee union, brings this action against the Postmaster General seeking a declaratory judgment that portions of 5 U.S.C. § 7311 and a required implementing oath offend the First Amendment of the Constitution. NALC, an unincorporated association, is the certified exclusive representative of some 6,000 bargaining units of postal employees and sues on its own behalf and for its thousands of individual members.
Conceding for purposes of this litigation that Congress may prohibit public employees from…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Flast v. CohenSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. ButtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. PattersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Dombrowski v. PfisterSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Keyishian v. Board of Regents of Univ. of State of NYSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Crescent Park Tenants Ass'n v. Realty Equities Corp.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1971
- W.J. Hobbs v. Mayor Ronnie ThompsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Charbonnet v. GeraceSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1984
- United Federation of Postal Clerks v. BlountDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1971
- Crescent Pk. Tenants Assoc. v. Realty Eq. Corp. of NYSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1971
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