Legal Opinion

George Deukmejian, Attorney General of the State of California v. United States Postal Service

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided June 5, 1984No. CA 82-6122PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Per curiam

The California Attorney General appeals from a summary judgment entered in favor of the United States Postal Service. The district court held that the Postal Service properly denied the Attorney General’s application to mail class action cash refund notices at special third class bulk mailing rates. We affirm.

In 1980, the Attorney General and Levi Strauss & Co. settled an antitrust class action for $12.25 million. The AG concluded that direct mailings would be the most effective way to notify the class. To lower the cost of mailing, he applied to the Postal Service for special third class…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. United States v. LarionoffSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  2. Bates & Guild Co. v. PayneSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
  3. John E. FERGUSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. the FLYING TIGER LINE, INC., Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
  4. McCoog ex rel. Ferguson v. HegstromCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
  5. Sierra Club, a California Non-Profit Corporation v. United States Postal ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977

3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Richards v. Nielsen Freight LinesDistrict Court, E.D. California · 1985
  2. Edward Ashton v. Kenneth CoryCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
  3. Alcaraz v. BlockCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984
  4. Gary D. Smiddy v. Dudley D. Varney, Sidney Nuckles, Raymond InglinCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
  5. Lamothe v. Atlantic Recording Corp.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988

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