Justice Stephen Breyer said that in today's world, a registered letter is worse than ordinary mail, noting that "we don't all have butlers at the door" and asking why the U.S. Post Office can't be more flexible, like Federal Express.
"We take great care to ensure that these sales respect both the spirit and the letter of the law while trying to make sure that ordinary people are not deprived of basic foodstuffs, " Cargill said in a statement.