Dow Jones & Company, Inc. v. United States Postal Service, Advertising Mail Marketing Association, Intervenors

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge WILLIAMS.

STEPHEN F. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

We here review the decision of the Governors of the United States Postal Service (“Governors” or “Postal Service” or “Service”) to adopt new postal rates and mail classifications recommended by the Postal Rate Commission (“Commission” or “PRC”) in Docket MC95-1. Petitioner Dow Jones & Co., publisher of the Wall Street Journal, and intervenor Gannett Co., publisher of USA Today, attack the new second-class mail rates on both procedural and substantive grounds.

The Governors are ultimately responsible for…