Supreme Court of the United States
Air Courier Conference of America v. American Postal Workers Union, Afl-Cio
February 26, 1991498 U.S. 517
Summary
The Supreme Court reversed the D.C. Circuit, holding that postal unions lack standing because they are not within the zone of interests protected by the Private Express Statutes, and therefore cannot challenge the Postal Service’s suspension of those statutes for international remailing.
Holding
- Whether postal employees are within the ‘zone of interest’ of the Private Express Statutes for purposes of standing under the APA.. The unions are not within the zone of interests protected by the Private Express Statutes and therefore lack standing to challenge the suspension.
Docket 89-1416
Cited authorities
- CA10
- 18 U.S.C. §§1693-1699
- 39 U.S.C. §§601-606
- 12 U.S.F. L. Rev. 57
- 39 U.S.C. § 601
- 39 C.F.R. § 320.6
- 44 FR 61178
- 50 FR 41462