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U.S. Supreme Court,
Civil Litigation

Jun. 21, 2019

US Supreme Court punts on whether FCC rule is law

The U.S. Supreme Court decided in a six-page opinion Thursday that a lower appellate court A must decide whether a 2006 ruling of the Federal Communications Commission carried the rule of law or not.

The U.S. Supreme Court decided in a six-page opinion Thursday that a lower appellate court must decide whether a 2006 ruling of the Federal Communications Commission carried the rule of law or not.

The opinion by Justice Stephen G. Breyer, with two concurrences from combinations of the other justices, "does not address a crucial question as to the degree of authority that agency overview gets from a reviewing court," said Chad R. ...

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