United States Postal Service v. Postal Regulatory Commission, No. 19-1155 (D.C. Cir. 2020)
Annotate this CaseThe DC Circuit denied a petition for review of the Commission's order of disclosure of certain financial data related to Inbound Letter Post. The court held that the Postal Service's statutory argument hinges on a misreading of the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act, and its arguments that the Commission's decision was arbitrary and capricious fail to overcome the deference the court owes to the Commission's reasoned decisions. In this case, the Commission hoped to facilitate public participation in discussions of possible reforms and to help the public understand why Inbound Letter Post was so unprofitable. The court found unpersuasive the Postal Service's contention that the Commission's reasoning was arbitrary and capricious because it failed to properly take into account substantial risk of commercial harm, to respond to the dissenting opinions of two Commissioners, and to provide a meaningful standard for when Postal Service confidential submissions can remain under seal.
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