McCORMICK-MATHERS PUB. CO. v. HANNEGAN

No. 9235.

161 F.2d 873 (1947)

McCORMICK-MATHERS PUB. CO. v. HANNEGAN.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia.

Decided March 31, 1947.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Thomas E. Deacy, of Kansas City, Mo., of the Bar of the State of Missouri, pro hac vice, by special leave of court, with whom Mr. Albert Rea Williams, of Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Sidney S. Sachs, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. George Morris Fay, U. S. Atty., Daniel B. Maher, Asst. U. S. Atty., and Paul Meininger, Atty., Office of the Solicitor, Post Office Department, all of Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Messrs. Edward M. Curran, U. S. Atty., of Washington, D. C., at the time the record was filed, and John W. Fihelly, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Washington, D. C., also entered appearances for appellee.

Before GRONER, Chief Justice, and WILBUR K. MILLER and PRETTYMAN, Associate Justices.


GRONER, C. J.

Appellant is engaged in the general publication, sale and distribution of school textbooks, commonly referred to as "work books." In August, 1945, it brought its amended injunctive petition in the District Court, alleging that the Postmaster General had wrongfully and in violation of law denied it the right to have its publications carried in the mails at the book postage rate fixed by the Act of June 30, 1942.1 There was...

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