| 24-354 |
Federal Communications Commission, et al. v. Consumers' Research, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-09-30 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (11)Relisted (2) |
administrative-law agency-delegation nondelegation-doctrine statutory-interpretation telecommunications-regulation universal-service-fund |
In 47 U.S.C. 254, Congress required the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) to operate universal service subsidy programs using mandatory c… |
| 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 |
(1) Whether 47 U.S.C. § 254 violates the nondelegation doctrine by imposing no limit on the FCC's power to raise revenue for the USF.
(2) Whether the… |
| 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 |
(1) Whether 47 U.S.C. § 254 violates the nondelegation doctrine by imposing no limit on the FCC's power to raise revenue for the USF.
(2) Whether the… |
| 23A88 |
Consumers' Research, et al. v. Federal Communications Commission, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-07-28 |
Presumed Complete |
|
fcc-authority nondelegation-doctrine revenue-raising separation-of-powers taxing-power universal-service-fund |
Question not identified. |
| 21-472 |
Blanca Telephone Company v. Federal Communications Commission, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2021-09-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
administrative-law appellate-review civil-forfeiture debt-collection due-process false-claims-act rulemaking universal-service-fund |
1. Whether FCC staff seizure of Universal Service Fund funding via civil forfeiture, a procedure un-supported by rulemaking, is "pure debt collection"… |
| 19-134 |
Blanca Telephone Company v. Federal Communications Commission, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-07-29 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-law agency-deference agency-interpretation agency-reconsideration auer-deference chevron-deference civil-procedure due-process exhaustion jurisdiction jurisdictional-review statutory-interpretation takings universal-service-fund |
1. Whether Chevron and Auer required the appellate court to accord absolute deference to the Government's conflicting jurisdictional statements, made … |