United States Fourth Circuit

United States Postal Inspection Service has authority to issue subpoenas in connection with allegations of fraud against the Postal service based upon the possible misuse of non-profit status in cooperative mailings that could give rise to a postage deficiency.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/04/2000
• Decided 07/11/2001
• Published 07/11/2001

Judges

• Before WILKINS and KING, Circuit Judges, and GARWOOD, Senior Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, sitting by designation.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Mark J. Fitzgibbons, Manassas, VA, for Appellants.   Colette Gianna Matzzie, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  William J. Olson, John S. Miles, William J. Olson, P.C., McLean, VA, for Appellants.  David W. Ogden, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Mark B. Stern, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Appellee.