POSTAL SERVICE WINS, BUSH LOSES IN COURT

                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: SATURDAY, January 16, 1993                   TAG: 9301160168
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-12   EDITION: METRO  
SOURCE: The Washington Post
DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short
POSTAL SERVICE WINS, BUSH LOSES IN COURT
A federal appeals court Friday rejected President Bush's effort to block the Postal Service from filing a lawsuit over disputed postal rates, rebuffing the White House's claim that it could control the actions of all executive branch agencies.
The three-judge panel of the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia sidestepped the president's claim that he could fire the nine presidential appointees who govern the semi-independent Postal Service. Instead, the panel ruled on another legal point, agreeing to allow the Postal Service to continue its court protest of a complex rate decision that kept the price of a first-class stamp at 29 cents.
"It's a complete victory for the Postal Service," said Kenneth S. Geller, a lawyer who represented the Postal Service in the dispute. "They have granted the Postal Service the right to represent itself, which is all the Postal Service asked for."

by Bhavesh Jinadra by CNB