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Schools, Health & Libraries Broadband Coalition v. Consumers’ Research

Pending petition

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Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
24-422 5th Cir. TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD

Issues: (1) Whether Congress violated the nondelegation doctrine by authorizing the Federal Communications Commission to determine, within the limits set forth in 47 U.S.C. § 254, the amount that providers must contribute to the Universal Service Fund; (2) whether the FCC violated the nondelegation doctrine by using the financial projections of the private company appointed as the fund's administrator in computing universal service contribution rates; and (3) whether the combination of Congress’s conferral of authority on the FCC and the FCC’s delegation of administrative responsibilities to the administrator violates the nondelegation doctrine.

DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
Oct 11 2024Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 14, 2024)
Oct 16 2024Brief of respondents Consumers' Research, et al. in opposition filed.
Oct 21 2024Reply of petitioners Schools, Health, & Libraries Broadband Coalition, et al. filed.
Oct 30 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/15/2024.