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· 4/23/1998

Global Mail Limited v. United States Postal Service, United Parcel Service, Incorporated Air Courier Conference of America, Amici Curiae

Citations

  • 142 F.3d 208
  • 46 U.S.P.Q. 2d (BNA) 1602
  • 1998 U.S. App. LEXIS 7787
  • 1998 WL 191469

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that a federal governmental entity is entitled to sovereign immunity unless Congress waives that immunity and consents to suit
  • “USPS has utilized the Lanham Act to register its marks and to ensure that other firms do not infringe upon them.”
  • federal governmental entity entitled to sovereign immunity unless Congress waives that immunity and consents to suit
  • federal governmental entity entitled to sovereign immunity unless Congress waives that immunity and consents to suit
  • federal governmental entity entitled to sovereign immunity unless Congress waives that immunity and consents to suit
  • “Sovereign immunity deprives a court of jurisdiction to hear a case.”

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Judges: Britt, Murnaghan, Phillips

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