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COMMON CAUSE v. BOLGER

Civ. A. No. 1887-73.

574 F.Supp. 672 (1982)

COMMON CAUSE, et al., Plaintiffs, v. William F. BOLGER, et al., Defendants, and House Commission on Congressional Mailing Standards, Intervening Defendant.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

September 7, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth Guido, Jr., Common Cause, Washington, D.C., for plaintiffs.

John McClay, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants.

John Vanderstar, Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C., for House Comm. on Mailing Stand.

Michael Davidson and Elizabeth Culbreth, Washington, D.C., for U.S. Senate.

Before WILKEY, Circuit Judge, and GEORGE L. HART and JOHN H. PRATT, District Judges.

JOHN H. PRATT, District Judge.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

By an amended complaint filed March 12, 1974, plaintiffs seek a declaratory judgment that 39 U.S.C. § 3210, granting to Members of Congress the privilege of sending mail through the United States Postal Service as franked mail, is unconstitutional. Plaintiffs claim, in essence, that the franking privilege afforded by the statute provides an unconstitutional "subsidy" to...

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