18 U.S.C. § 1693
Carriage of mail generally
Whoever, being concerned in carrying the mail, collects, receives, or carries any letter or packet, contrary to law, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1975–2021 · leading case: Cooper v. U.S. Postal Serv., 577 F.3d 479 (2d Cir. 2009).
Cooper v. U.S. Postal Serv., 577 F.3d 479 (2d Cir. 2009). “, 18 U.S.C. § 1693 . That monopoly entails the sale of postage for letters, acceptance of mail for transmission, and the marking and processing of mail for delivery: all functions performed by SYI and other CPUs.”
Rivko Knox v. Mark Brnovich, 907 F.3d 1167 (9th Cir. 2018). “Postal Service, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1693–1696; 39 U.S.C. §§ 401 , 601–606, and their implementing regulations, 39 C.”
United States v. Divna Maslenjak, 821 F.3d 675 (6th Cir. 2016). “§ 545 (smuggling goods into the United States “contrary to law”); 18 U.S.C. § 1693 (mishandling mail “contrary to law”); 18 U.”
Regents of the Univ. v. Pub. Emp. Relations Bd., 485 U.S. 589 (1988). “There is no doubt that the general prohibition would apply to the carriage involved here, see 18 U. S. C. §§ 1693 , 1694, so the central issue is whether such carriage is within one of the numerous exceptions to the Private Express Statutes.”
United States v. Daniel Reid & Theodore E. Thomas, Jr., 517 F.2d 953 (2d Cir. 1975). “It has repeatedly enacted laws limited to offenses with respect to “mail,” “letters” or “packets,” 18 U.S.C. §§ 1693 , 1694, 1695, 1696, 1698,1700, 1701, 1703, a “post office or any authorized depository for mail matter,” 18 U.”
Knox v. Brnovich, 336 F. Supp. 3d 1063 (D. Ariz. 2018). “The PES "historically have granted to the [United States Postal Service ("USPS") ] a monopoly over the carriage of letters by prohibiting, with certain exceptions, private competition in conveying letters over postal routes." Am. Postal Workers Union , 891 F.”
Zukerman v. United States Postal Serv. (D.D.C. 2021). “” See also 18 U.S.C. §§ 1693–1695 (governing USPS’s delivery of mail).”
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