NEWSWEEK, INC. v. U. S. POSTAL SERVICE

Nos. 1567-1570, Dockets 81-4035, 81-4037, 81-4047 and 81-4075.

663 F.2d 1186 (1981)

NEWSWEEK, INC., Time Incorporated, Magazine Publishers Association, Inc., Council of Public Utility Mailers, Reader's Digest Association, Inc., and United Parcel Service of America, Inc., Petitioners, v. UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, Respondent, Warshawsky & Company, American Business Press, Inc., Dow Jones & Company, Inc., International Labor Press Association, AFL-CIO/CLC, Parcel Shippers Association, Direct Mail/Marketing Association, Inc., March of Dimes, Mail Order Association of America, Association of American Publishers, Inc., Recording Industry Assoc. of America, Inc., National Association of Greeting Card Publishers, Magazine Publishers Association, Inc., Classroom Publishers Association, American Lung Association, National Easter Seal Society, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, American Cancer Society, and National Wildlife Federation, Intervenors. COUNCIL OF PUBLIC UTILITY MAILERS, Petitioners, v. UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, Respondent, Newsweek, Inc., Dow Jones & Company, Inc., Time Incorporated, Association of American Publishers, Inc., Recording Industry Assoc. of America, Inc., Parcel Shippers Association, Reader's Digest Association, Inc., Mail Order Association of America, United Parcel Service of America, Inc., National Association of Greeting Card Publishers, International Labor Press Association, AFL-CIO/CLC, Direct Mail/Marketing Association, Inc., Warshawsky & Company, Magazine Publishers Association, Inc., Classroom Publishers Association, American Business Press, Inc., American Lung Association, National Easter Seal Society, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, American Cancer Society, National Wildlife Federation, Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided November 2, 1981.

Rehearing Denied January 11, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Burzio, Hydeman, Mason, Burzio & Lloyd, Washington, D. C., for petitioners/intervenors Newsweek, Inc., Time Inc. and Magazine Publishers Ass'n, Inc.; Diana M. Daniels, New York City, Toni K. Allen, Jay A. Resnick, Wald, Harkrader & Ross, Washington, D. C., of counsel, for petitioner/intervenor Newsweek, Inc.; Charles M. Waygood, Olwine, Connelly, Chase, O'Donnell & Weyher, New York City, Justin R. Wolf, Louise C. Powell, Washington, D. C., of counsel, for petitioner/intervenor Time Inc.; John M. Hadlock, Whitman & Ransom, New York City, David Minton, Loomis, Owen, Fellman & Howe, Washington, D. C., of counsel, for petitioner/intervenor Magazine Publishers Ass'n, Inc.

Robert L. Kendall, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa. (Irving R. Segal, John E. McKeever, Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, Philadelphia, Pa., of counsel), for petitioner/intervenor United Parcel Service of America, Inc.

Richard J. Webber, Washington, D. C. (Matthew S. Perlman, Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin & Kahn, Washington, D. C., John T. Kerrigan, Howie & Robertson, New York City, of counsel), for intervenor National Ass'n of Greeting Card Publishers.

Timothy J. May, Patton, Boggs & Blow, Washington, D. C., for petitioner Council of Public Utility Mailers, petitioner/intervenor Reader's Digest Ass'n, Inc. and intervenors Mail Order Ass'n of America and Parcel Shippers Ass'n; Peter V. K. Funk, Jr., Gould & Wilkie, New York City, Eugene E. Threadgill, Connole & O'Connell, Washington, D. C., of counsel, for petitioner Council of Public Utility Mailers; David C. Todd, Patton, Boggs & Blow, Washington, D. C., of counsel, for intervenor Mail Order Ass'n of America.

William J. Olson, Smiley, Murphy, Olson & Gilman, Washington, D. C. (Alan R. Swendiman, Jackson, Campbell, & Parkinson, Washington, D. C., of counsel), for intervenors March of Dimes, American Lung Ass'n, National Easter Seal Society, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, American Cancer Society and National Wildlife Federation.

Dana T. Ackerly, Washington, D. C. (David K. Flynn, Covington & Burling, Washington, D. C., of counsel), for intervenor Direct Mail/Marketing Ass'n, Inc.

Raymond N. Shibley, Washington, D. C. (M. Reamy Ancarrow, LeBoeuf, Lamb, Leiby & MacRae, Washington, D. C., W. Gilbert Faulk, Jr., Princeton, N. J., of counsel), for intervenor Dow Jones & Co., Inc.

Charles Emmet Lucey, Gary L. Ryan, McDermott, Will & Emery, Washington, D. C., of counsel, for intervenors Warshawsky & Co. and International Labor Press Ass'n, AFL-CIO/CLC.

Frances G. Beck, Asst. Gen. Counsel, U. S. Postal Service, Washington, D. C. (Louis A. Cox, Gen. Counsel, Susan M. Duchek, Daniel J. Foucheaux, Jr., Eric P. Koetting, Gerald J. Robinson, U. S. Postal Service, Washington, D. C., of counsel), for respondent, United States Postal Service.

Before MESKILL and KEARSE, Circuit Judges, and COFFRIN, District Judge.


MESKILL, Circuit Judge:

These consolidated cases arise from an order of the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service which allowed, under protest, certain changes in postal rates and fees to take effect pursuant to the rate-making provisions of the Postal Reorganization Act of 1970, 39 U.S.C. §§ 101 et seq. (1976) ("Act").

Collectively, the petitioners and intervenors in this case attack the order of the Postal Board of Governors...

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