AIR COURIER CONFERENCE OF AMERICA v. AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION

No. 89-1416.

498 U.S. 517 (1991)

AIR COURIER CONFERENCE OF AMERICA v. AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION, AFL-CIO, ET AL.

Supreme Court of the United States.

Decided February 26, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Peter Farkas argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs was James I. Campbell, Jr. Paul J. Larkin, Jr., argued the cause for the United States Postal Service, respondent under this Court's Rule 12.4, in support of petitioner. With him on the briefs were Acting Solicitor General Roberts, Assistant Attorney General Gerson, Michael Jay Singer, and Jeffrica Jenkins Lee.

Keith E. Secular argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Anton G. Hajjar and Laurence Gold.


CHIEF JUSTICE REHNQUIST delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case requires us to decide whether postal employees are within the "zone of interests" of the group of statutes known as the Private Express Statutes (PES), so that they may challenge the action of the United States Postal Service in suspending the operation of the PES with respect to a practice of private courier services called "international remailing." We...

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