Hicks v. United States

OPINION

ALLEGRA, Judge:

This case is before the court following trial in St. Louis, Missouri, and Washington, D.C. Plaintiff, Hal D. Hicks, formerly d/b/a Hal D. Hicks Mail Transportation, claims that the United States Postal Service (the Postal Service) breached his mail delivery contract when it novated that contract to a third party. Defendant asserts that the latter action was validated by state court orders as part of the sale of a company in receivership — one partly owned by Mr. Hicks — and thus gave rise to no breach. Not so, plaintiff remonstrates, contending that the state court…