PASADENA, Calif. (CN) - A federal judge should have applied a procedural rule known as the "prison mailbox rule" in the case of a inmate challenging his conviction of carjacking and kidnapping, the ...

Hundreds of Northern Kentucky homeowners are receiving a letter from the Post Office telling them they need to upgrade the mailbox at the end of their driveway. Some want to know why and whether this ...

The evidentiary presumption under federal common law that a letter that was properly addressed and mailed will be received by its intended recipient, also known as the “mailbox rule,” dates back to ...

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For years, Americans have relied on a deceptively simple idea: when something important is mailed, it’s considered timely once it is received by the post office. This principle—often called the ...

MEDINA, Ohio -- There are about 40 mailbox enclosures along Medina County's 329 miles of roadway that violate county and federal safety regulations, but the county engineers office won't be tearing ...

The Supreme Court let stand an appeals ruling that precluded a tax refund to movie producers Howard and Karen Baldwin, deferring to an Internal Revenue Service regulation that ended the common-law ...

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