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· 1/30/1975

Kennedy Electric Company, Inc. v. United States Postal Service

Citations

  • 508 F.2d 954

How courts have described this case

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

  • upholding subcontractor’s equitable lien against Postal Service despite Service’s claim of immunity, on grounds that “Service is just as amenable to the judicial process as is a private enterprise.”
  • altering the terms of a contract to subordinate one party's claim to give effect to equitable principles
  • no Congressional intent to emasculate the sue or be sued clause with respect to the Postal Service

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Judges: Breitenstein, Lewis, Stein, McWilliams

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