A Landlord Says Her Mail Wasn’t Delivered Because She is Black. Supreme Court to Weigh in.

A landlord in Texas believes postal workers refused to deliver mail to her properties because she’s Black {snip}

An appeals court allowed her to sue, despite legal protections for the Postal Service for mail delivery problems.

The Supreme Court agreed April 21 to review that decision, which the federal government warned could open the door to lawsuits over the more than 300 million pieces of mail delivered each day.

The case centers on immunity protections for the U.S. Postal Service for claims “arising out of the loss, miscarriage, or negligent transmission of letters or postal matter.”

The New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said that doesn’t cover a postal worker’s refusal to deliver the mail, which is the heart of landlord Lebene Konan’s suit.

Konan says postal workers withheld mail to some of her tenants because they did not like the idea of a Black landlord renting to white people.

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