· 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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