Legal Opinion
National Retired Teachers Ass'n v. United States Postal Service
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided April 7, 1977No. Civ. A. 76-157PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JOHN LEWIS SMITH, Jr., District Judge.
Two nonprofit organizations enjoying preferred third-class mailing rates seek an order declaring invalid an August, 1975 United States Postal Service (USPS) regulation which was invoked to prohibit them from mailing material pertaining to a separate, but affiliated, nonprofit organization not qualifying for the lower rates. They also seek a refund of the amounts expended to post the material at the applicable regular rate.
In 1970, Congress by passing the Postal Reorganization Act 1 revamped the entire U.S. postal system. The Act established two…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Simon v. Eastern Kentucky Welfare Rights OrganizationSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Manhattan General Equipment Co. v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Addison v. Holly Hill Fruit Products, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Richard Pickus v. United States Board of ParoleCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1974
- Olff v. East Side Union High School DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Pitney Bowes Inc. v. United States Postal ServiceDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1998
- United Parcel Service, Inc., a New York Corporation, and United Parcel Service, Inc., and Ohio Corporation v. United States Postal ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1979
- Rydeen v. QuiggDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1990
- United Parcel Service, Inc. v. United States Portal ServiceDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1978
- National Retired Teachers Association v. United States Postal ServiceCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1979
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