2025 term · Roberts Court · 5-4
Postal Service v. Konan
607 U.S. 391
The record
- Term
- 2025
- Decided
- Issue area
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- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
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- Decision direction
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- Chief Justice
- Roberts Court
- Disposition
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- Docket
- 24-351
- U.S. Reports
- 607 U.S. 391
- S. Ct. citation
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- LEXIS citation
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- Opinion by
- Clarence Thomas
Holding
The United States retains sovereign immunity for claims arising out of the intentional nondelivery of mail because both “miscarriage” and “loss” of mail under the Federal Tort Claims Act’s postal exception, 28 U. S. C. §2680(b), can occur as a result of the Postal Service’s intentional failure to deliver the mail.
How the bench divided
MMMMMDDDD
M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Clarence Thomas | Majority |
| John G. Roberts | Majority |
| Samuel Alito | Majority |
| Brett Kavanaugh | Majority |
| Amy Coney Barrett | Majority |
| Sonia Sotomayor | Dissent |
| Elena Kagan | Dissent |
| Neil Gorsuch | Dissent |
| Ketanji Brown Jackson | Dissent |
Read the opinion
- supremecourt.govSlip opinionThe opinion as released by the Court, in slip form.
- JustiaFull opinion textThe majority, concurring and dissenting opinions as handed down.
- supremecourt.govDocket 24-351Filings, orders and the procedural history on the Court’s own docket.
- OyezCase pageArgument audio and the vote lineup, when Oyez has published them.