Postal Service v. Konan · ¶52

At the same time, courts must be careful not to interpret these exceptions too broadly.“ ‘[U]nduly generous inter- pretations,’ ” this Court has warned, “ ‘run the risk of defeat- ing the central purpose of the statute’ ”—to “ ‘waiv[e] the Government’s immunity from suit in sweeping language.’ ” Dolan v. Postal Service, 546 U. S. 481, 492 (2006) (quoting Kosak v. United States, 465 U. S. 848, 853, n. 9 (1984); Yellow Cab, 340 U. S., at 547).To harmonize these considerations, “ ‘the proper objective of a court attempting to construe one of the’ ” exceptions “ ‘is to identify those circumstances which are within the words and reason of the exception—no less and no more.’ ”Dolan, 546 U. S., at 492 (quoting Kosak, 465 U. S., at 853–854, n. 9 (some internal quotation marks omitted)).

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