Certiorari Granted

No. 25-406

Federal Communications Commission, et al. v. AT&T, Inc.

from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

See other cases from the Fifth Circuit.

Docket Entries

Letter from counsel for AT&T, Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. filed. VIDED. (Distributed)

Reply of AT&T, Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. filed (April 13, 2026). (Distributed)

Reply of Verizon Communications Inc. not accepted for filing. (To be resubmitted April 13, 2026)

CIRCULATED

Brief amici curiae of Former FCC Chairs, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Citizens Utility Board of Illinois filed. VIDED. (Distributed)

Response brief on the merits of the federal parties filed. VIDED.

Sealed material received electronically from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and available with the Clerk. The remainder of the record is electronic and is available on PACER.

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

Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix GRANTED. VIDED.

Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed. VIDED.

Brief amicus curiae of The Buckeye Institute filed. VIDED.

Brief amicus curiae of T-Mobile USA, Inc. filed. VIDED.

Brief amicus curiae of Telnyx LLC filed. VIDED.

Brief amici curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. filed. VIDED.

Brief amicus curiae of Institute for Justice filed. VIDED.

Brief amicus curiae of Liberty Justice Center filed. VIDED.

Brief amici curiae of CTIA - The Wireless Association, et al. filed. VIDED.

Brief amicus curiae of TechFreedom filed. VIDED.

Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed. VIDED.

Brief amici curiae of New Civil Liberties Alliance, et al. filed. VIDED.

Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation filed. VIDED.

Brief amicus curiae of Vaping Industry Stakeholders filed. VIDED.

Brief amicus curiae of National Religious Broadcasters filed. VIDED.

Brief amici curiae of The Manhattan Institute, et al. filed. VIDED.

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

Opening brief on the merits of AT&T, Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. filed. VIDED.

Brief amicus curiae of Professor Ilan Wurman in support of neither party filed. VIDED.

SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, April 21, 2026. VIDED.

Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by AT&T and Verizon Communications Inc. VIDED.

The parties' proposal for the filing of consolidated briefs is adopted. Respondent in No. 25-406 and petitioner in No. 25-567 shall file a consolidated opening brief on the merits pursuant to Rule 25.1 and a consolidated reply brief on the merits pursuant to Rule 25.3. Petitioners in No. 25-406 and respondents in No. 25-567 shall file a consolidated response brief on the merits pursuant to Rule 25.2. VIDED.

Letter of the Solicitor General on behalf of all parties proposing consolidated briefing structure filed. VIDED.

Petition GRANTED. The petition for a writ of certiorari in No. 25-567 is granted. The cases are consolidated, and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument. 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. 25-406. Subsequent filings in these cases must therefore be submitted through the electronic filing system in No. 25-406. 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 1/9/2026.

Waiver of the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition pursuant to Rule 15.5 filed by petitioners.

Response to petition from respondent AT&T, Inc. filed.

Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 5, 2025.

Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 5, 2025 to December 5, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 5, 2025)

Parties

Federal Communications Commission and United States, Petitioner, represented by D. John Sauer

AT&T Inc., Respondent, represented by Pratik Arvind Shah

Verizon Communications Inc., Respondent, represented by Jeffrey B. Wall

Amici Curiae

Cato Institute, Amicus Curiae, represented by Thomas Arthur Berry

Citizens Utility Board of Illinois, Amicus Curiae, represented by Caroline Anne Flynn

Constitutional Accountability Center, Amicus Curiae, represented by Brianne Jenna Gorod

CTIA - The Wireless Association, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Joshua S. Turner

Former FCC Chairs and Consumer Advocacy Groups, Amicus Curiae, represented by Pooja Ashok Boisture

Institute for Justice, Amicus Curiae, represented by Robert Everett Johnson

Liberty Justice Center, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jeffrey Michael Schwab

National Religious Broadcasters, Amicus Curiae, represented by Michael P. Farris

New Civil Liberties Alliance, Amicus Curiae, represented by Russell Gerard Ryan

Pacific Legal Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Allison Denise Daniel

Professor Ilan Wurman, Amicus Curiae, represented by Ilan Wurman

TechFreedom, Amicus Curiae, represented by Corbin Knight Barthold

Telnyx LLC, Amicus Curiae, represented by Michael Robert Huston

The Buckeye Institute, Amicus Curiae, represented by David Christian Tryon

The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America and Business Roundtable, Amicus Curiae, represented by Steven Andrew Engel

The Manhattan Institute and The Rutherford Institute, Amicus Curiae, represented by Peter Karanjia

T-Mobile USA, Inc., Amicus Curiae, represented by Russell Bernard Balikian

T-Mobile USA, Inc., Amicus Curiae, represented by Helgi C. Walker

Vaping Industry Stakeholders as Amici Curiae In Support of Petitioners, Amicus Curiae, represented by J. Gregory Troutman

Washington Legal Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Joshua Morgan Wesneski

 
Last updated: April 18, 2026