Opinion
No. 16885.
Argued May 21, 1962.
Decided May 31, 1962.
Mr. William I. Denning, Washington, D.C., with whom Messrs. Alan F. Wohlstetter and Ernest H. Land, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellant
Mr. John R. Schmertz, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Messrs. David C. Acheson, U.S. Atty., Nathan J. Paulson and Miss Sylvia A. Bacon, Asst. U.S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee. Mr. David A. Rezneck, Asst. U.S. Atty., also entered an appearance for appellee.
Before WILBUR K. MILLER, Chief Judge, and BAZELON and WRIGHT, Circuit Judges.
For the reasons stated by the District Judge, Dell Publishing Co. v. Summerfield, D.D.C., 198 F. Supp. 843, the Postmaster's action in revoking appellant's second-class mail permit was not "clearly wrong." Bates Guild Co. v. Payne, 194 U.S. 106, 109, 24 S.Ct. 595, 48 L.Ed. 894; United States v. Shimer, 367 U.S. 374, 381-382, 81 S.Ct. 1554, 6 L.Ed.2d 908. See also, United States v. Drum, 368 U.S. 370, 376, 82 S.Ct. 408, 7 L.Ed.2d 360. Based on a reasonable interpretation of the controlling statute, his action was neither "arbitrary, capricious," nor "an abuse of discretion." Administrative Procedure Act, § 10(e), 5 U.S.C. § 1009 (e). The judgment of the District Court, sustaining the Postmaster's decision, is accordingly
Affirmed.