39 U.S.C. § 3628
Section 3628 · Repealed. Pub. L. 109435, title II, 201(b), Dec. 20, 2006, 120 Stat. 3205]
Amended 2 times on record
Applied in 46 court decisions — leading case Association of American Publishers, Inc. v. The Governors of the United States Postal Service, Direct Mail Advertising Association, Inc., Intervenors. Associated Third Class Mail Users v. The Governors of the United States Postal Service, J. C. Penney Company, Inc., and United Parcel Service, Intervenors (1973)
Most recently applied in Currier v. Henderson (January 2002)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
A decision of the Governors to approve, allow under protest, or modify the recommended decision of the Postal Rate Commission may be appealed to any court of appeals of the United States, within 15 days after its publication by the Public Printer, by an aggrieved party who appeared in the proceedings under section 3624(a) of this title. The court shall review the decision, in accordance with section 706 of title 5, and chapter 158 and section 2112 of title 28, except as otherwise provided in this section, on the basis of the record before the Commission and the Governors. The court may affirm the decision or order that the entire matter be returned for further consideration, but the court may not modify the decision. The court may not suspend the effectiveness of the changes, or otherwise prevent them from taking effect until final disposition of the suit by the court. No court shall have jurisdiction to review a decision made by the Commission or Governors under this chapter except as provided in this section.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Amendments
1984—Pub. L. 98–620 struck out provision which required the court to make the matter a preferred cause and to expedite judgment in every way.
Effective Date of 1984 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 98–620 not applicable to cases pending on Nov. 8, 1984, see section 403 of Pub. L. 98–620, set out as a note under section 1657 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.