United States v. City Of Pittsburg

661 F.2d 783 UNITED STATES of America and United States Postal Service, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CITY OF PITTSBURG, CALIFORNIA, Defendant-Appellant, and National Association of Letter Carriers, Intervenor-Appellant. Nos. 79-4368, 79-4611. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted April 13, 1981. Decided Nov. 16, 1981. Nancy T. Forden, C., U. S. Postal Service, Washington, D. C., argued, for U. S. and Post Office; Leonard Schaitman, Washington, D. C., on brief. Keith E. Secular, Cohen, Weiss & Simon, New York City, for National Asso. of Letter Carriers, intervenor. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before TANG and CANBY, Circuit Judges and D. WILLIAMS, * District Judge. TANG, Circuit Judge: This appeal decides the validity of a municipal trespass ordinance that explicitly requires United States Postal letter carriers to obtain express consent from residents before crossing their lawns in the course of mail delivery. The United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Schwarzer, J., held the ordinance unconstitutional under the Supremacy Clause. 467 F.Supp. 1080 . We affirm.…