Legal Opinion

Dow Jones & Co., Inc. v. POSTAL RATE COM'N, ETC.

District Court, District of Columbia

Decided June 14, 1979No. Civ. A. 79-1292PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION

GESELL, District Judge.

The Postal Rate Commission (“PRC”) has instituted at its ov/n initiative a proceeding under 39 U.S.C. § 3623. According to PRC Order No. 228, the proceeding will primarily address two issues: the appropriateness of assessing a surcharge on customers that use the Postal Service’s “redtag” (i. e., expedited) second-class service, and, in the event that such a surcharge is deemed advisable, the propriety of establishing an official classification which would expand the number of users of the service beyond what the Postal Service now permits. The…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Ralph Nader, Esquire, and Center for Auto Safety, Inc. v. John Volpe, Individually, and as Secretary of the Department of TransportationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
  2. Independent Cosmetic Manufacturers & Distributors, Inc. v. United States Department of Health, Education & WelfareCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1978

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. United Parcel Service, Inc. v. United States Postal ServiceDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1981
  2. 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
  3. National Easter Seal Society For Crippled Children And Adults v. United States Postal ServiceCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1981
  4. Dow Jones & Co. v. United States Postal ServiceCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1981
  5. National Easter Seal Society for Crippled Children & Adults v. United States Postal ServiceCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1981

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