federal-communications-commission

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-658 In Re Securus Technologies, et al. 2024-12-18 Denied appellate-jurisdiction circuit-court federal-communications-commission forum-shopping statutory-interpretation venue-transfer Whether the First Circuit violated 28 U.S.C. § 2112(a) by refusing to transfer consolidated challenges to a Federal Communications Commission order an…
23-743 Consumers' Research, et al. v. Federal Communications Commission, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-01-09 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (6) administrative-law constitutional-law federal-communications-commission non-delegation nondelegation-doctrine revenue-raising statutory-interpretation telecommunications-regulation universal-service-fund Whether 47 U.S.C. § 254 violates the nondelegation doctrine
23-456 Consumers' Research, et al. v. Federal Communications Commission, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-10-31 Denied Amici (4)Relisted (6) administrative-law constitutional-law fcc-authority federal-communications-commission non-delegation nondelegation-doctrine revenue-raising statutory-interpretation telecommunications-regulation universal-service-fund Whether 47 U.S.C. § 254 violates the nondelegation doctrine
21-1388 Best Payphones, Inc. v. Public Service Commission of New York, et al. New York 2022-04-27 Denied Response Waived federal-communications-commission federal-preemption payphone-service payphone-services preemption public-service-commission state-regulation state-requirements tariff-compliance telecommunications-act telecommunications-act-1996 Is the finding of the Public Service Commission of the State of New York, which was affirmed by the Supreme Court of New York, Appellate Division, Thi…
21-719 Sandwich Isles Communications, Inc. v. United States Federal Circuit 2021-11-16 Denied civil-rights communications-act confiscatory-rates due-process federal-circuit federal-communications-commission rate-regulation regulatory-taking takings Whether the lower court's holding that a regulatory taking claim based on confiscatory rates must be made at the Federal Communications Commission den…
20-1354 City of Portland, Oregon, et al. v. Federal Communications Commission, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-03-25 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived administrative-interpretation administrative-law brand-x fcc-preemption federal-communications-commission local-government-regulation municipal-rights preemption public-property-access statutory-interpretation telecommunications-law telecommunications-regulation Did the court of appeals err in upholding the FCC's interpretation of 'effect of prohibiting' in light of its plain meaning, lack of a limiting standa…
20-1159 Vermont National Telephone Company v. Vermont Department of Taxes Vermont 2021-02-23 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-communications-commission federal-license nonbusiness-income situs situs-principle state-taxation whitney-v-graves Whether the Vermont Supreme Court erred in holding that a federal license, that can be used only in one state, lacks a situs in that state under Whitn…
20-917 800 Services, Inc. v. AT&T Corp. Third Circuit 2021-01-08 Denied Response Waived administrative-law appellate-review federal-communications-commission federal-courts fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court jurisdiction primary-jurisdiction tariff tariff-interpretation telecommunications Whether the Third Circuit Court of Appeals Erred in Failing to Refer this Questions of Tariff Interpretation to the FCC Under the Doctrine of Primary …
20-743 DISH Network L.L.C. v. United States, et al. Seventh Circuit 2020-11-30 Dismissed circuit-split common-law-agency contract-interpretation contractual-performance-standards federal-communications-commission performance-standards telemarketing telemarketing-law vicarious-liability Whether vicarious liability must be assessed in light of the four bedrock theories of common law agency, or whether a contractual term imposing perfor…
20-308 La Boom Disco, Inc. v. Radames Duran Second Circuit 2020-09-09 GVR Response RequestedRelisted (3) automatic-telephone-dialing-system circuit-court-interpretation federal-communications-commission hobbs-act human-intervention random-or-sequential-number-generator statutory-definition telephone-consumer-protection-act Does the statutory definition of ATDS encompass any device that can 'store' telephone numbers, even if the device does not 'us[e] a random or sequenti…
18-1386 Dan M. Lipschultz, In His Official Capacity as Commissioner of the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission, et al. v. Charter Advanced Services (MN), LLC, et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-05-03 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) brand-x brand-x-test communications-act fcc-regulation federal-communications-commission information-services preemption state-regulation telecommunications-services voice-over-internet-protocol voip-classification Whether VoIP service is a telecommunications service or an information service under the appropriate functional test from Brand X
18-6583 Dionysius Fiumano v. United States Second Circuit 2018-11-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1343 criminal-law due-process due-process-notice federal-communications-commission fifth-amendment fraud johnson-v-united-states sentencing-guidelines skilling-v-united-states statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine welch-v-united-states Does the undefined element 'scheme to defraud' in 18 U.S.C. § 1343 satisfy Fifth Amendment due process notice requirements?