Decided

No. 24-422

Schools, Health & Libraries Broadband Coalition, et al. v. Consumers' Research, et al.

from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

See other cases from the Fifth Circuit.

Docket Entries

Judgment Issued.

Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Kagan, J., delivered the <a href = 'https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24-354_0861.pdf'>opinion</a> of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Sotomayor, Kavanaugh, Barrett, and Jackson, JJ., joined. Kavanaugh, J., and Jackson, J., filed concurring opinions. Gorsuch, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Thomas and Alito, JJ., joined. VIDED.

Argued. For petitioners in 24-354: Sarah M. Harris, Acting Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For petitioners in 24-422: Paul D. Clement, Alexandria, Va. For respondents: R. Trent McCotter, Washington, D. C. VIDED.

Record received electronically from the Federal Communications Commission and available with the Clerk.

CIRCULATED

Record received from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The record is electronic and is available on PACER.

Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, March 26, 2025. VIDED.

Petition GRANTED. The petition for a writ of certiorari in No. 24-354 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.

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.”

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/22/2024.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/15/2024.

Reply of petitioners Schools, Health, & Libraries Broadband Coalition, et al. filed.

Brief of respondents Consumers' Research, et al. in opposition filed.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 14, 2024)

Parties

Benton Institute for Broadband & Society; National Digital Inclusion Alliance, Center for Media Justice dba MediaJustice, Petitioner, represented by Andrew Jay Schwartzman

Competitive Carriers Association (CCA), National Telecommunications Cooperative Association (NTCA), and USTelecom - The Broadband Association, Petitioner, represented by Paul D. Clement

Competitive Carriers Association (CCA), National Telecommunications Cooperative Association (NTCA), and USTelecom - The Broadband Association, Petitioner, represented by Jennifer Beth Tatel

Schools, Health, & Libraries Broadband Coalition, et al., Petitioner, represented by Jason Edward Neal

United States, Petitioner, represented by D. John Sauer

Consumers' Research et al., Respondent, represented by R. Trent McCotter

Amici Curiae

Advancing American Freedom, Inc., Amicus Curiae, represented by John Marc Wheat

Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jeffrey B. Wall

National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center, Inc. and Technology Channel Sales Professionals, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jay Christopher Johnson

Public Knowledge, Affordable Broadband Campaign, Chamber of Progress, Common Sense Media, and Communications Workers of America, Amicus Curiae, represented by John David Bergmayer

Southeastern Legal Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Braden Heath Boucek

State of Alaska, Amicus Curiae, represented by Laura Emily Wolff

TechFreedom, Amicus Curiae, represented by Corbin Knight Barthold

 
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