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Konst v. Florida East Coast Railway Co.

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided January 4, 1996No. 94-4440PublishedCited by 44 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:

The common law has long recognized a rebuttable presumption that an item properly mailed was received by the addressee. Nunley v. City of Los Angeles, 52 F.3d 792, 796 (9th Cir.1995). The “presumption of receipt” arises upon proof that the item was properly addressed, had sufficient postage, and was deposited in the mail. The presumption is, of course, rebuttable. 1 The single issue raised in this appeal is whether the presumption can be invoked by railway cus tomers attempting to prove they “filed” a claim with a rail carrier.

This case is on appeal from the district…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Vincent C. Wiley v. United States of America Citizens Federal Mortgage Corporation State of Ohio Franklin County Treasurer and Houng ThaiCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1994
  3. Leslie Ray Cox R.M. Cox Larry Driver Barry Nichols John Bullard Robert W. Kennedy, Jr. Lorenzo G. East Clarence M. Pope, Jr. C.R. Altes Jack E. Merrymon Terry P. West R.S. Arnold M.W. Milstead J.W. Wade Manning A.C. Snider Terry H. Melvin Thomas E. Hill Gary D. Swann Ronald E. Frazier Anthony J. Crapet Robert M. Green Heath L. McMeans III Billy Carter Joe A. Knight, George Boglin, Wardell Clark, Phillip L. Drummond, Don L. Flurry, Dennis R. Fulton, Dennis E. Jones, W.T. Mayberry, James R. Miller, Willie J. Nation, Oscar Lee Perry, Robert Poole, Brack Wells, Willie Young, Harry S. Turner v. Administrator United States Steel & Carnegie and United States Steel & Carnegie Pension Fund, United Steelworkers of America, Afl-Cio-Clc and Usx Corporation, A/K/A United States Steel Corporation, Leslie Ray Cox, R.M. Cox, Larry Driver, Barry Nichols, John Bullard, Robert W. Kennedy, Jr., Lorenzo G. East, Clarence M. Pope, C.R. Altes, Jack E. Merrymon, Terry P. West, R.S. Arnold, M.W. Milstead, J.W. Wade, A.C. Snider, Terry H. Melvin, Thomas E. Hill, Gary D. Swann, Ronald E. Frazier, Anthony J. Crapet, Robert M. Green, Heath L. McMeans Iii, Billy Carter, Joe A. Knight, George Boglin, Wardell Clark, Phillip L. Drummond, Don L. Flurry, Dennis R. Fulton, Dennis E. Jones, W.T. Mayberry, James R. Miller, Willie J. Nation, Oscar Lee Perry, Robert Poole, Brack Wells, Willie Young, Harry S. Turner v. Administrator United States Steel & Carnegie, United States Steel & Carnegie Pension Fund, Usx Corporation, A/K/A United States Steel CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1994
  4. Rosenthal v. WalkerSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
  5. In Re Longardner & Associates, Inc., Debtor. Appeal of Landahl, Brown & Weed Associates, IncCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988

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3Cited by44 opinions

  1. Charles Barnett v. Okeechobee HospitalCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2002
  2. SEC v. AdlerCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1998
  3. Siemens Power Transmission & Distribution, Inc. v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2005
  4. Caffey v. Russell (In Re Caffey)United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Alabama · 2008
  5. In Re RaybornUnited States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Alabama · 2002

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