"Justice Clarence Thomas, writing for a majority of five conservative justices, said the federal law that generally shields the Postal Service from lawsuits over missing, lost and undelivered mail includes "the intentional nondelivery of mail.""
"In dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote that while the protection against lawsuits is broad, it does not extend to situations when the decision not to deliver mail "was driven by malicious reasons." Justice Neil Gorsuch joined his three liberal colleagues in dissent."
"Konan, who's also a real estate agent and an insurance agent, claims two employees at a post office in Euless, Texas, part of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, deliberately didn't deliver mail belonging to her and her tenants because, she alleges, they didn't like that she is Black and owns multiple properties."
The Supreme Court issued a 5-4 decision protecting the U.S. Postal Service from lawsuits over intentional mail nondelivery. Texas landlord Lebene Konan sued after postal employees allegedly withheld her mail for two years, claiming racial discrimination motivated their actions. Justice Clarence Thomas, writing for the conservative majority, interpreted federal law as shielding the Postal Service from lawsuits covering intentional nondelivery. Justice Sonia Sotomayor's dissent argued the protection should not extend to maliciously motivated nondelivery. Justice Neil Gorsuch joined the three liberal justices in dissent. The Trump administration supported the Postal Service, warning that ruling for Konan would trigger numerous lawsuits against the financially struggling agency.
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