Supreme Court sides with USPS, limiting race-based mail-delivery suits
TL;DR
The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that the Postal Service cannot be sued under the Federal Tort Claims Act for intentional nondelivery of mail, even when the plaintiff alleges racial motivated harassment. The decision reverses a Fifth Circuit ruling in Lebene Konan’s Texas case and sends the matter back to lower courts to decide on the merits, while Justice Sonia Sotomayor dissented, arguing the majority expands government protection at the expense of victims.
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