Legal Opinion
Combined Communications Corporation Nashville Banner Publishing Company, Cross-Appellees v. United States Postal Service, Cross-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided December 15, 1989No. 88-5817, 88-5819PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOYCE F. MARTIN, Jr., Circuit Judge.
Combined Communications Corp. and the Nashville Banner Publishing Co. appeal the judgment of the district court denying them a postal refund for the payment of third-class rates for second-class mail. The United States Postal Service appeals the judgment of the district court finding its promulgation and implementation of Domestic Mail Manual § 425.226 to be an ultra vires act. For the reasons stated below we affirm the judgment of the district court.
I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND
In 1986 Combined Communications Corp., a subsidiary of Gannett Co., Inc., published a…
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