Atlantic Freight Lines, Inc. v. Summerfield, Postmaster General

D.C. Circuit

Atlantic Freight Lines, Inc. v. Summerfield, Postmaster General

204 F.2d 64, 92 U.S. App. D.C. 195, 1953 U.S. App. LEXIS 2395

CourtCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

DecidedApril 2, 1953

Docket11437

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Atlantic Freight Lines, Inc. v. Summerfield, Postmaster General, 204 F.2d 64, 92 U.S. App. D.C. 195, 1953 U.S. App. LEXIS 2395 (D.C. Cir. 1953).

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PER CURIAM.

Appellant, a motor carrier competing with the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, sought an injunction to restrain the Postmaster General from issuing a postage stamp .in commemoration of the 125th anniversary of the Railroad’s incorporation. The District Court rightly dismissed the complaint. “It is by now clear that neither damage nor loss of income in consequence of the action of Government, which is not an invasion of recognized legal rights, is in itself a source of legal rights in the absence of constitutional legislation recognizing it as such.” Perkins v. Lukens Steel Co., 310 U.S. 113, 125, 60 S.Ct. 869, 875, 84 L.Ed. 1108.

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PER CURIAM.

Appellant, a motor carrier competing with the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, sought an injunction to restrain the Postmaster General from issuing a postage stamp .in commemoration of the 125th anniversary of the Railroad’s incorporation. The District Court rightly dismissed the complaint. “It is by now clear that neither damage nor loss of income in consequence of the action of Government, which is not an invasion of recognized legal rights, is in itself a source of legal rights in the absence of constitutional legislation recognizing it as such.” Perkins v. Lukens Steel Co., 310 U.S. 113, 125, 60 S.Ct. 869, 875, 84 L.Ed. 1108.

Affirmed.

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