Legal Opinion
Dow Jones & Co. v. United States Postal Service
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided May 22, 1981No. Nos. 80-2285 to 80-2289, 80-2300PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge ROBB.
ROBB, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from a decision of the Governors of the United States Postal Service (USPS) concerning the sub-classifications and rates applicable to second-class mail. The issue presented is whether the rates approved by the Governors were established through a procedure violative of the Postal Reorganization Act, Pub.L. No. 91-375, 84 Stat. 719 (1970), codified at 39 U.S.C. § 101 et seq. (1976) (the Act). We hold that the ratemaking in this case violates 39 U.S.C. § 3622(a) (1976). Accordingly, the decision of the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Mitchell v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Ass'n of American Publishers, Inc. v. Governors of the United States Postal ServiceCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
- National Association of Greeting Card Publishers v. United States Postal ServiceCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1979
- Reader's Digest Ass'n v. United States Postal ServiceDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1980
- Dow Jones & Co., Inc. v. POSTAL RATE COM'N, ETC.District Court, District of Columbia · 1979
3Cited by4 opinions
- Dow Jones & Company, Inc. v. United States Postal Service and United States of America, Time Incorporated, Newsweek, Inc., Samuel C. Pennington, American Newspaper Publishers Ass'n, Direct Mail/marketing Ass'n, Inc., American Business Press, Reader's Digest Association, Inc., Intervenors. Newsweek, Inc. v. United States Postal Service, Time, Incorporated, Dow Jones & Company, Inc., American Newspaper Publishers Ass'n, Direct Mail/marketing Ass'n, Inc., American Business Press, Reader's Digest Association, Inc., Intervenors. Newsweek, Inc. v. United States Postal Service, Time Incorporated, Reader's Digest Association, Inc., Intervenors. Reader's Digest Association, Inc. v. United States Postal Service, Dow Jones & Company, Inc., American Business Press, Time Incorporated, Newsweek, Inc., Intervenors. Time Incorporated v. United States Postal Service, Newsweek, Inc., American Business Press, Inc., Dow Jones & Company, Inc., Reader's Digest Association, Inc., Intervenors. Reader's Digest Association, Inc. v. United States Postal ServiceCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1981
- Dow Jones & Company, Inc. v. United States Postal Service, Advertising Mail Marketing Association, IntervenorsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1997
- Combined Communications Corporation Nashville Banner Publishing Company, Cross-Appellees v. United States Postal Service, Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1989
- Combined Communications Corporation Nashville Banner Publishing Company, Cross-Appellees v. United States Postal Service, Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1989