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Supreme Court to hear Postal Service's appeal of Black landlord's bias suit

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21.04.2025

The Supreme Court on Monday said it will weigh whether the U.S. Postal Service can be held liable for failing to deliver mail to a Black landlord who claims her carriers discriminated against her because of her race.

The justices agreed to hear the federal government's appeal of a lower court ruling allowing Lebene Konan to seek damages over claims the Postal Service intentionally refused to deliver mail to two addresses she leased.

Konan claims two Postal Service employees engaged in a "racially motivated harassment campaign" against her, making it "impossible" for her or her tenants in Euless, Texas, to receive their mail "solely because she is Black."

The postal........

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