context: Turning to the circumstances of this case, we are easily convinced that the Unions' concerns have more than a "marginal" relationship to the purposes implicit in the PES. The district court erred in focusing too narrowly on the functions of the PES in isolation from the entire Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 ("PRA"), of which the PES are a part. When attempting to discern the scope of interests embraced by a particular legislative provision, courts may look to the purposes animating the entire statutory framework.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.parenthetical: "Thus, plaintiffs ... appear to fall within the zone of interests of the statutory scheme represented by three complementary enactments."
citation_a.sentence: See Clarke, 479 U.S. at 401, 107 S.Ct. at 757 (“[W]e are not limited to considering the statute under which respondents sued, but may consider any provision that helps us to understand Congress’ overall purposes in the National Bank Act.”); Association of Data Processing Serv. Orgs., Inc. v. Camp, 397 U.S. 150, 157 & n. 2, 90 S.Ct. 827, 831-32 & n. 2, 25 L.Ed.2d 184 (1970); see also National Coal Association v. Hodel, 825 F.2d 523, 529 (D.C.Cir.1987) (looking beyond the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA) to other legislation aimed at the coal industry in order to “flesh out the meaning of the term ‘public interest’ ” in the FLPMA); Wilderness Society v. Griles, 824 F.2d 4, 18 n. 11 (D.C.Cir.1987) (“Thus, plaintiffs ... appear to fall within the zone of interests of the statutory scheme represented by three complementary enactments.”).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 479 U.S. 401, 401
citation_b.parenthetical: "[W]e are not limited to considering the statute under which respondents sued, but may consider any provision that helps us to understand Congress' overall purposes in the National Bank Act."
citation_b.sentence: See Clarke, 479 U.S. at 401, 107 S.Ct. at 757 (“[W]e are not limited to considering the statute under which respondents sued, but may consider any provision that helps us to understand Congress’ overall purposes in the National Bank Act.”); Association of Data Processing Serv. Orgs., Inc. v. Camp, 397 U.S. 150, 157 & n. 2, 90 S.Ct. 827, 831-32 & n. 2, 25 L.Ed.2d 184 (1970); see also National Coal Association v. Hodel, 825 F.2d 523, 529 (D.C.Cir.1987) (looking beyond the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA) to other legislation aimed at the coal industry in order to “flesh out the meaning of the term ‘public interest’ ” in the FLPMA); Wilderness Society v. Griles, 824 F.2d 4, 18 n. 11 (D.C.Cir.1987) (“Thus, plaintiffs ... appear to fall within the zone of interests of the statutory scheme represented by three complementary enactments.”).