Court cases Archives - Save the Post Office

Postal Service petitions DC Circuit for rehearing on the rate increase in Forever stamps

SteveOctober 29, 2019Blog

Yesterday the Postal Service filed a petition to the DC Circuit Court for a rehearing in Carlson v. Postal Regulatory Commission. The case involves the question of whether or not the Commission properly followed the relevant statutes when it approved the Postal Service’s increase on First-Class stamps from 50 to 55 cents. Carlson has argued to the PRC and DC Circuit … Read More

How you can help fight the illegal rate increase on Forever stamps

SteveOctober 22, 2019Blog, Slideshow

Submit comments to the Postal Regulatory Commission by October 29, 2019

There Was More to the Price Hike on Stamps Than the Cost

SteveSeptember 27, 2019Blog, Slideshow

There has to be a reason for official decisions beyond “because we say so.”

DC Circuit grants postal watchdog’s challenge to PRC’s approval of rate hike on Forever stamps

SteveSeptember 13, 2019Slideshow, Story

“Although the five-cent stamp price hike may have gone unnoticed by many, the American Revolution was fomented in part by ordinary people who objected to taxation through stamps.”

DC Circuit to hear oral arguments in watchdog’s appeal of PRC approval of 5-cent increase on Forever stamps

SteveMay 2, 2019Slideshow, Story

You can listen to a live stream of the arguments and find an archived version of the recording here.

In bid to drive up postal rates, UPS takes the PRC to the Supreme Court

SteveApril 5, 2019Slideshow, Story

UPS wants SCOTUS to revisit its historic Chevron decision.

Postal watchdog appeals PRC decision approving five-cent increase in Forever stamps

SteveJanuary 27, 2019Story

The five-cent increase will be the largest in history for a First Class stamp, and in percentage terms, it’s the largest since 1991 and about four times the average increase since 2006.

D.C. Circuit Court rejects UPS request for a rehearing on USPS costing case

SteveAugust 8, 2018Story

In May a three-member panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals denied an appeal by the United Parcel Service challenging a ruling by the Postal Regulatory Commission concerning how the Postal Service determines the costs of its products. On July 6, UPS requested a rehearing en banc, meaning that it asked the full D.C. Circuit, which currently has eleven active judges, to … Read More

UPS goes back to court on USPS costing methodology

SteveJuly 16, 2018Slideshow, Story

UPS says the Postal Service should be required to raise its parcel prices now so that it doesn’t turn into a parcel monopoly that can raise its prices later.

PRC approves new USPS internal service performance measurement system

SteveJuly 6, 2018Slideshow, Story

After over three years of study, the Commission has determined that the new system is capable of reporting “accurate, reliable, and representative” data.