Legal Opinion
Arbitraje Casa De Cambio, S.A. De C v. v. United States Postal Service
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided December 31, 2003No. CIV.A.02-0777(RMC)PublishedCited by 168 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
COLLYER, District Judge.
Many families in Mexico are dependent upon monies sent to them by family members working in the United States. Sophisticated banking arrangements are not available in smaller villages in Mexico. Family members in the United States, therefore, purchase money orders from the United States Postal Service (“USPS” or “Postal Service”) and send them home, where they are signed by the recipient and treated almost as cash in U.S. dollars. This lawsuit is brought by ten Mexican foreign currency exchange houses (the “Exchange Houses”) 1 who challenge the…
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