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The petitions in these cases were mailed on June 24, 1997.
Mr. Green's affidavit, attached to respondent's motions, states
that Mr. Green personally deposited the envelope containing the
separate petitions in the mail in the early evening on June 24,
1997. In petitioners' separate objections to respondent's
motion, it is alleged that the envelope was mailed from the
Longpoint Post Office at around 4 p.m.. In petitioners'
memoranda of law, it is alleged that Mr. Green left his office at
approximately 3 p.m. and deposited the envelope at the Longpoint
Post Office prior to time for the last pickup. Although not all
of these statements are precise, in our view they are not
inconsistent. We have no reason to doubt Mr. Green's veracity.
Therefore, we find that petitioners have established that their
separate petitions were deposited in the mail on June 24, 1997,
prior to the last collection for the date.
The markings on the envelope containing the petitions
suggest that a delay in delivery may have occurred. Mr. Green
asserts that the envelope was not returned to his office. Our
careful scrutiny of the envelope has revealed that there is no
other address contained thereon underneath of the address label
bearing the Court's correct address. Attached to each of
petitioners' memorandum of law was a letter, dated January 6,
1998, from Jerry R. Warren, the manager of the Consumer Affairs
Division of the Houston Office of the Postal Service. In
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