Texas woman’s claim against USPS is heard by the justices
SCOTUS NEWS
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The Court is filling its calendar for the next term which begins in October. (Katie Barlow).
On Monday morning, the Supreme Court added a new case involving a Texas women’s claim against U.S. Postal Service to its docket in 2025-26. The announcement was part of the list of orders that came out of the private conference of justices on Thursday, April 17,
The Court granted U.S. Postal Service v. Konan is a case in which the U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit, ruled that the Federal Tort Claims Act does not apply when a USPS employee intentionally fails to deliver mail at a designated address. John Elwood covered the case in detail in his Relist Watch article last week. The solicitor general has no deadline to submit his brief on behalf of the government. There is no deadline for the solicitor general to file his brief on behalf of the government.
The court once again did not act on several high-profile petitions for review that have been pending for several weeks, including challenges to Rhode Island’s ban on large-capacity magazines and Maryland’s ban on military-style assault rifles, as well as a challenge to the transfer to a mining company of federal land in Arizona that the San Carlos Apache Tribe regards as a sacred site. The justices will meet on Friday, 25th April. The orders from that conference will be expected on Monday, at 9:30 am.
This original article was published at Howe on Court.
