Legal Opinion
Donald S. Powers v. United States Postal Service
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 2, 1982No. 81-2421PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The question we are called upon to decide in this case — one of first impression in this circuit — is whether state law or federal common law is to be used to decide a dispute between the United States Postal Service, as tenant, and a private landlord, concerning the landlord’s right to terminate the lease for nonpayment of rent.
The landlord (appellant in this court) is an Indiana man named Powers, and the leased premises are used as a post office in Munster, Indiana. The lease, a standard form lease used by the old Post Office Department, was signed in 1964 in Indiana.…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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