Postal Service v. Konan · ¶7

The United States enjoys sovereign immunity and cannot be sued without its consent.By means of the Federal Tort Claims Act, Congress waived that sovereign immunity for certain tort suits based on the conduct of Government em- ployees.See 28 U. S. C. §§2674, 1346(b).But, in the provi- sion at issue in this case, Congress retained sovereign immu- nity for a wide range of claims about mail.Specifically, the FTCA’s postal exception retains sovereign immunity for all claims “arising out of the loss, miscarriage, or negligent transmission of letters or postal matter.”§2680(b).This case concerns whether this exception applies when postal workers intentionally fail to deliver the mail.We hold that it does.

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