Postal Service v. Konan · ¶53

This case calls on the Court to interpret the postal excep- tion, which covers “[a]ny claim arising out of the loss, miscar- riage, or negligent transmission of letters or postal matter.” §2680(b).The wording of this exception is noticeably nar- rower than some of its neighbors.For example, all claims for “damages caused by the fiscal operations of the Treasury or by the regulation of the monetary system” are barred. §2680(i).So too are all “claim[s] arising from the activities of the Tennessee Valley Authority,” the “Panama Canal Company,” and “a Federal land bank, a Federal intermediate credit bank, or a bank for cooperatives,” §§2680(l), (m), (n).

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