USPS v. Konan: Oral Argument

Case Summary:The U.S. Supreme Court considered whether the Federal Tort Claims Act’s postal exception, which bars suits “arising out of the loss, miscarriage, or negligent transmission” of mail, also shields the Postal Service from liability when postal employees intentionally refuse to deliver a customer’s mail. The case comes from a Texas landlord, Lebene Konan, who alleges that USPS employees deliberately withheld mail to her and her tenants, with the Fifth Circuit holding that such intentional nondelivery is not a “loss” or “miscarriage” within the meaning of the postal exception, allowing her FTCA suit against USPS and the United States to proceed