Conservative Caucus, Inc. v. United States

The plaintiff in this case is a nonprofit, educational organization which has been granted a permit by the United States Postal Service (USPS) to mail at the special bulk third-class rate. This is a subsidized rate which is available only to certain nonprofit organizations. During the time plaintiffs application for the permit was pending, a period of nearly 1 year, plaintiff made several mass mailings; it deposited the letters at post offices other than the one at which it had filed its application, and paid either first-class postage rates or the regular bulk rates available to the general…