United States Ninth Circuit

The United States Postal Service's regulation which denies no-fee postal boxes to homeless persons does not violate First Amendment or equal protection guarantees incorporated in the Fifth Amendment's Due Process Clause.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/07/2003
• Decided 08/12/2004
• Published 08/12/2004

Judges

• O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:, Before O'SCANNLAIN, GOULD, Circuit Judges, and BOLTON, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• David Girard and Casey Trupin (argued), Seattle, WA, for the plaintiffs-appellants., Caroline M. Brown and Thomas W. Beimers, Washington, D.C.;   Maria Foscarinis, Pallavi Rai, and Jeremy Rosen, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty in support of the plaintiffs-appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Robert D. McCallum, Assistant Attorney General, Barbara C. Biddle, and Irene M. Solet (argued), Attorneys, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.;  John L. McKay, Jr., United States Attorney, Seattle, WA;  Mary Anne Gibbons, General Counsel, David G. Karro, and Stephan J. Boardman, Attorneys, Civil Practice, United States Postal Service, Washington, D.C., for the defendants-appellees.