| No. 24-354 Vide 24-422 | |
| Title: | Federal Communications Commission, et al., Petitioners v. Consumers' Research, et al. |
| Docketed: | September 30, 2024 |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (22-60008) |
| Decision Date: | July 24, 2024 |
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| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Sep 30 2024 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 30, 2024) |
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| Oct 01 2024 | Brief of respondents Consumers' Research, et al. filed. |
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| Oct 17 2024 | Reply of petitioners Federal Communications Commission, et al. filed. |
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| Oct 23 2024 | Brief amici curiae of West Virginia, et al. filed. |
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| Oct 23 2024 | Letter from counsel for respondents Schools, Health & Libraries Broadband Coalition, et al. submitted pursuant to Rule 12.6 filed. |
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| Oct 30 2024 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/15/2024. |
| Oct 30 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of Software & Information Industry Association filed. (Distributed) |
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| Nov 18 2024 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/22/2024. |
| Nov 22 2024 | Petition GRANTED. The petition for a writ of certiorari in No. 24-422 is granted. The cases are consolidated, and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument. In addition to the questions presented by the petitions, the parties are directed to brief and argue the following question: Whether this case is moot in light of the challengers' failure to seek preliminary relief before the Fifth Circuit. VIDED. |
| Nov 22 2024 | Because the Court has consolidated these cases for briefing and oral argument, future filings and activity in the cases will now be reflected on the docket of No. 24-354. Subsequent filings in these cases must therefore be submitted through the electronic filing system in No. 24-354. Each document submitted in connection with one or more of these cases must include on its cover the case number and caption for each case in which the filing is intended to be submitted. Where a filing is submitted in fewer than all of the cases, the docket entry will reflect the case number(s) in which the filing is submitted; a document filed in all of the consolidated cases will be noted as “VIDED.” |
| Dec 18 2024 | Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed. VIDED. |
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| Dec 23 2024 | Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' briefs on the merits is extended to and including January 9, 2025. The time to file respondents' briefs on the merits is extended to and including February 11, 2025. VIDED. |
| Jan 03 2025 | Brief amici curiae of Gerard N. Magliocca, et al. filed. |
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| Jan 08 2025 | Brief of petitioners Federal Communications Commission, et al. filed. VIDED. |
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| Jan 08 2025 | Joint appendix filed. VIDED. |
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| Jan 09 2025 | Brief of petitioners SHLB Coalition, et al. filed. VIDED. |
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| Jan 09 2025 | Brief of petitioners Competitive Carriers Association, et al. filed. VIDED. |
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| Jan 15 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of National Foreign Trade Council filed. (as to 24-354) |
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| Jan 15 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of State of Alaska filed. VIDED. |
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| Jan 15 2025 | Brief amici curiae of Local Government Legal Center,et al. filed. VIDED. |
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| Jan 15 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of Public Citizen filed. VIDED. |
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| Jan 15 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of WTA – Advocates for Rural Broadband filed. VIDED. |
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| Jan 15 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of Ad Hoc Healthcare Group filed. VIDED. |
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| Jan 16 2025 | Brief amici curiae of NCTA – The Internet & Television Association and National Federation of the Blind (as to 24-354) filed. |
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| Jan 16 2025 | Brief amici curiae of The Lawyers' Committee For Civil Rights Under Law and Eleven Organizations filed. VIDED. |
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| Jan 16 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners filed. VIDED. |
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| Jan 16 2025 | Brief amici curiae of AASA—The School Superintendents Association, et al. filed. VIDED. |
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| Jan 16 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America in support of neither party filed. VIDED. |
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| Jan 16 2025 | Brief amici curiae of Julian Davis Mortenson, et al. filed. VIDED. |
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| Jan 16 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of American Library Association filed. VIDED. |
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| Jan 16 2025 | Brief amici curiae of Bipartisan Former Commissioners of the Federal Communications Commission filed. VIDED. |
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| Jan 16 2025 | Brief amici curiae of CoBank, et al. filed. VIDED. |
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| Jan 16 2025 | Brief amici curiae of National Lifeline Association, AARP, and AARP Foundation filed. VIDED. |
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| Jan 16 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of Reed Smith LLP in support of neither party filed. VIDED. |
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| Jan 16 2025 | Brief amici curiae of Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association, Inc., and Other Tribes and Tribal Organizations filed. VIDED. |
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| Jan 16 2025 | Brief amici curiae of Associations, filed. VIDED. |
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| Jan 16 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of Former Leadership of the Universal Service Administrative Company filed. VIDED. |
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| Jan 16 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of The Software & Information Industry Association filed. VIDED. |
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| Jan 16 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of Oglala Sioux Tribe filed. VIDED. |
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| Jan 16 2025 | Brief amici curiae of Colorado, et al. filed. VIDED. |
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| Jan 16 2025 | Amicus brief of Public Knowledge, Affordable Broadband Campaign, Chamber of Progress, Common Sense Media, and Communications Workers of America submitted. |
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| Jan 16 2025 | Amicus brief of Members of Congress submitted. |
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| Jan 23 2025 | Amicus brief of Members of Congress submitted. |
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| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioners | ||
| Sarah M. Harris Counsel of Record | Acting Solicitor General United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530-0001 SUPREMECTBRIEFS@USDOJ.GOV | 202-514-2217 |
| Party name: Federal Communications Commission, et al. | ||
| Jason Edward Neal Counsel of Record | HWG LLP 1919 M Street NW 8th Floor Washington, DC 20036 jneal@hwglaw.com | 202-796-0994 |
| Party name: SHLB Coalition, et al. | ||
| Jennifer Beth Tatel Counsel of Record | Wilkinson Barker Knauer LLP 1800 M Street NW Suite 800N Washington, DC 20036 JTATEL@WBKLAW.COM | 2023833344 |
| Party name: Competitive Carriers Association; National Telecommunications Cooperative Association dba NTCA; USTelecom - The Broadband Association | ||
| Attorneys for Respondents | ||
| R. Trent McCotter Counsel of Record | Boyden Gray PLLC 800 Connecticut Ave. NW Suite 900 Washington, DC 20006 tmccotter@boydengray.com | 202-706-5488 |
| Party name: Consumers' Research, et al. | ||
| Other | ||
| John David Bergmayer Counsel of Record | Public Knowledge 1818 N. St. NW Suite 410 Washington, DC 20036 john@publicknowledge.org | 202-861-0020 |
| Party name: Public Knowledge, Affordable Broadband Campaign, Chamber of Progress, Common Sense Media, and Communications Workers of America | ||
| Miles Edward Coleman Counsel of Record | Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP 2 West Washington Street 4th Floor Greenville, SC 29601 miles.coleman@nelsonmullins.com | 8643732352 |
| Party name: National Lifeline Association, AARP, and AARP Foundation | ||
| Marc Philip Epstein Counsel of Record | Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law 1500 K Street Northwest, Suite 900 Washington, DC 20005 mepstein@lawyerscommittee.org | 2026628600 |
| Party name: The Lawyers' Committee For Civil Rights Under Law and Eleven Organizations | ||
| Mario Gonzalez Counsel of Record | Gonzalez Law Office, Prof. LLC 522 Seventh Street, Suite 210 Rapid City, SD 57701 MARIO@MARIOGONZALEZLAW.COM | 6055404220 |
| Party name: Oglala Sioux Tribe | ||
| Brianne Jenna Gorod Counsel of Record | Constitutional Accountability Center 1200 18th Street, NW Suite 501 Washington, DC 20036 BRIANNE@THEUSCONSTITUTION.ORG | 202 296 6889 |
| Party name: Julian Davis Mortenson and Nicholas Bagley | ||
| Matthew S. Hellman Counsel of Record | Jenner & Block LLP 1099 New York Ave., NW Suite 900 Washington, DC 20001 MHELLMAN@JENNER.COM | 202-639-6000 |
| Party name: NCTA – The Internet & Television Association and National Federation of the Blind | ||
| Ari Benjamin Asher Holtzblatt Counsel of Record | Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP 2100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20037 ARI.HOLTZBLATT@WILMERHALE.COM | (202) 663-6000 |
| Party name: AASA—THE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION, et al. | ||
| Peter Karanjia Counsel of Record | DLA Piper LLP 500 Eighth Street, NW Washington, DC 20004 PETER.KARANJIA@DLAPIPER.COM | 202-799-4000 |
| Party name: Bipartisan Former Commissioners of the Federal Communications Commission | ||
| Bryan Michael Killian Counsel of Record | Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP 1111 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, DC 20004 BRYAN.KILLIAN@MORGANLEWIS.COM | (202) 739-3000 |
| Party name: American Library Association | ||
| Kevin Franz King Counsel of Record | Covington & Burling LLP One CityCenter 850 Tenth Street NW Washington, DC 20001 KKING@COV.COM | 2026625488 |
| Party name: Members of Congress | ||
| Tillman Lowry Lay Counsel of Record | Best Best & Krieger LLP 1800 K Street, NW Suite 725 Washington, DC 20006 tillman.lay@bbklaw.com | 202-370-5299 |
| Party name: Local Government Legal Center, National Association of Counties, National League of Cities, and the International Municipal Lawyers Association | ||
| Andrew David Lipman Counsel of Record | Morgan, Lewis, and Bockius LLP 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20004 andrew.lipman@morganlewis.com | (202) 739-3000 |
| Party name: CoBank, ACB, National Cooperative Services Corporation; Center for Rural Affairs; Communities Unlimited; Farm Credit Council; Farmers Educational and Cooperative Union of America; Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund; National Association of Rural Health Clinics; National Cooperative Business Association, CLUSA International; National Council of Farmer Cooperatives; National Rural Economic Developers Association; National Rural Electric Cooperative Association; National Rural Education Association; National Rural Health Association; National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative; Partners for Rural Transformation; Rural Community Assistance Corporation; Rural Community Assistance Partnership | ||
| Gerard N. Magliocca Counsel of Record | Indiana University Robert H. McKinney Law School 530 West New York Street Indianapolis, IN 46202-3225 gmaglioc@iu.edu | 3172784792 |
| Party name: Gerard N. Magliocca, et al. | ||
| Alan B. Morrison Counsel of Record | George Washington Law School 2000 H Street NW Washington, DC 20052 ABMORRISON@LAW.GWU.EDU | 2029947120 |
| Party name: National Foreign Trade Council | ||
| James Bradford Ramsay Counsel of Record | National Association of Regulatory Utility Comm. 1101 Vermont Ave., N.W. Washington, DC 20005 jramsay@naruc.org | (202) 257-0568 |
| Party name: National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners | ||
| Nicolas Anthony Sansone Counsel of Record | Public Citizen Litigation Group 1600 20th Street NW Washington, DC 20009 nsansone@citizen.org | 202-588-1000 |
| Party name: Public Citizen | ||
| Andrew Jay Schwartzman Counsel of Record | Andrew Jay Schwartzman 525 Ninth Street NW Seventh Floor Washington, DC 20004 andyschwartzman@gmail.com | 2022412408 |
| Party name: Benton Institute for Broadband & Society; National Digital Inclusion Alliance, Center for Media Justice dba MediaJustice | ||
| Michael Francis Smith Counsel of Record | 1717 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W. Suite 1025 Washington, DC 20006 smith@smithpllc.com | 2024542860 |
| Party name: WTA – Advocates for Rural Broadband | ||
| Kyle Oliver Sollie Counsel of Record | Reed Smith LLP 1717 Arch Street Suit 3100 Philadelphia, PA 19103 ksollie@reedsmith.com | 2158518852 |
| Party name: Reed Smith LLP | ||
| Gina Michele Spade Counsel of Record | Broadband Legal Strategies, LLC 1118 Rankin Drive Lawrence, KS 66049 gina@broadbandlegal.com | (202) 789-3530 |
| Party name: Former Leadership of the Universal Service Administrative Company | ||
| Shannon Wells Stevenson Counsel of Record | Colorado Department of Law 1300 Broadway 10th Floor Denver, CO 80203 shannon.stevenson@coag.gov | 720-703-0999 |
| Party name: Colorado | ||
| Geoffrey D. Strommer Counsel of Record | Hobbs, Straus, Dean & Walker, LLP 215 SW Washington St. Suite 215 Portland, OR 97204 gstrommer@hobbsstraus.com | 503-242-174 |
| Party name: Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association, Inc., and Other Tribes and Tribal Organizations | ||
| James Urquhart Troup Counsel of Record | Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth, PLC 1300 North 17th Street 11th Floor Arlington, VA 22209 troup@fhhlaw.com | 7038120511 |
| Party name: New England Telehealth Consortium, ADS Advanced Data Services, Inc., Community Hospital Corporation, HealthConnect Networks, the North Carolina Telehealth Network Association, the Colorado Hospital Association, and the Southern Ohio Healthcare Network (collectively, the “Ad Hoc Healthcare Group”) | ||
| Stephen I. Vladeck Counsel of Record | 600 New Jersey Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20001 svladeck@gmail.com | 202-662-9313 |
| Party name: The Software & Information Industry Association | ||
| Jeffrey B. Wall Counsel of Record | Sullivan & Cromwell LLP 1700 New York Ave NW Suite 700 Washington, DC 20006 wallj@sullcrom.com | (202) 956-7660 |
| Party name: Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America | ||
| Michael Ray Williams Counsel of Record | Office of the West Virginia Attorney General State Capitol Complex, Bldg. 1, Rm E-26 1900 Kanawha Blvd. E Charleston, WV 25305 michael.r.williams@wvago.gov | 304-558-2021 |
| Party name: State of West Virginia, 14 Other States, and the Arizona Legislature | ||
| Laura Emily Wolff Counsel of Record | The State of Alaska 1031 4th Ave., Suite 200 Anchorage, AK 99501 laura.wolff@alaska.gov | 9072696612 |
| Party name: State of Alaska | ||
| Edward Anthony Yorkgitis Jr. Counsel of Record | Kelley Drye & Warren LLP 3050 K Street NW. Suite 400 Washington, DC 20007 cyorkgitis@kelleydrye.com | 2023428540 |
| Party name: Alaska Telecom Association, California Communications Association, Colorado Telecommunications Association, Georgia Rural Telephone and Broadband Association, Idaho Telecom Alliance, Illinois Rural Broadband Association, Illinois Broadband and Telecommunications Association, Indiana Broadband and Technology Association, Indiana Rural Broadband Association, Iowa Communications Alliance, Communications Coalition of Kansas, Kentucky Rural Broadband Association, Telecommunications Association of Maine, Broadband Association of Michigan, Minnesota Telecom Alliance, Broadband MT, Nebraska Telecommunications Association, New York Telecommunications Association, Broadband Association of North Dakota, Ohio Telecom Association, Oklahoma Rural Broadba | ||