finding that USPS's desire to "creat[e] a safe environment for its patrons and employees" was an important governmental interest
Summary of this case from Bridgeville Rifle & Pistol Club, Ltd. v. SmallNo. 15–746.
03-21-2016
Tab BONIDY, et al., petitioners, v. UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, et al.
Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit denied.
finding that USPS's desire to "creat[e] a safe environment for its patrons and employees" was an important governmental interest
Summary of this case from Bridgeville Rifle & Pistol Club, Ltd. v. Smallconsidering whether a federal regulation limiting the carrying of firearms in post office parking lots was constitutionally permissible in view of Heller 's guidance about carrying of firearms in government buildings
Summary of this case from Binderup v. Attorney Gen. U.S.explaining that "the fact that the government is acting in a proprietary capacity, analogous to that of a person managing a private business" was relevant because the government has "more flexibility to regulate when it is acting as a proprietor" and finding that the ban is was substantially "relevant to the USPS's business objectives, which include[d] providing a safe environment for its patrons and employees"
Summary of this case from Bridgeville Rifle & Pistol Club, Ltd. v. SmallFull title:Tab BONIDY, et al., petitioners, v. UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, et al.
Court:Supreme Court of the United States
Date published: Mar 21, 2016
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