Legal Opinion
Sierra Club, a California Non-Profit Corporation v. United States Postal Service
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 21, 1977No. 74-1830PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LUCAS, District Judge:
The Sierra Club, plaintiff in the district court, brings this appeal from an order of the district court granting defendants’ motion for summary judgment.1 For the reasons stated in this opinion, we affirm the judgment below.
Prior to 1971, the Sierra Club enjoyed preferred second and third class mailing rates pursuant to 39 U.S.C. §§ 4358 and 4452, because it was considered an “educational” organization. In 1971, however, the Postal Service decided to discontinue the Sierra Club’s preferential rates. The Postal Service based this action upon an earlier determination of…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Hannah v. LarcheSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
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3Cited by7 opinions
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