5th Circuit Court Upends FCC Universal Service Fund ...

Fifth Circuit Shocks Telecom Industry by Overturning the FCC's ...

The ruling upends decades of bipartisan federal policy that enables the USF to collect billions and subsidize communications services to low- ...

Fifth Circuit Declares Universal Service Fund Unconstitutional

On July 24, 2024, on a petition for rehearing en banc, the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held in Consumers' Research v ...

Consumers' Research v. FCC - Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Pursuant to this grant of authority, FCC levies “contributions” to a Universal Service Fund. (“USF”) from telecommunications carriers, id. § 254 ...

5th Circuit Finds USF Funding Mechanism Unconstitutional in En ...

The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals sitting en banc (the Court) held 9-7 that the system under which the FCC and the Universal Service Administrative Company ( ...

Fifth Circuit finds USF mechanism unconstitutional - PwC

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on July 24 held 9-7 in an en banc decision that the Universal Service Fund (USF) mechanism, established under the ...

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Declares FCC's Universal Service Fee ...

FCC case declaring the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Universal Service Fee (USF) to be unconstitutional. The court found that the ...

CHAIRWOMAN ROSENWORCEL STATEMENT ON 5TH CIRCUIT ...

... Universal Service Fund is unconstitutional as currently administered ... It upends decades of bipartisan support for FCC programs that ...

En Banc Decision: 5th Circuit Finds USF Funding Mechanism ...

The full court, sitting en banc, rejected the framework established by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Universal Service ...

What does Universal Service Fund ruling mean for E-rate? - K-12 Dive

FCC, the 5th Circuit Court judges ruled that the commission's delegation of taxing power to a private corporation, which then decides how much ...

New court ruling puts Universal Service Fund in hot water

The Fifth Circuit court ruled the Federal Communication Commission's method for funding the USF unconstitutional. ... It upends decades of ...

Fifth circuit decision striking down USF a 'severe blow,' says industry

The fifth circuit court reversed an earlier decision and ruled the Universal Service Fund (USF) ... It upends decades of bipartisan support for FCC ...

FCC Makes Statement About Value of Universal Service Fund ...

Despite the benefits, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans in late July, delivered what one industry lawyer described as “a shock ...

Responses to Universal Service Fund Decision - Benton Institute

"I'm gravely disappointed by today's ruling in the 5th Circuit," said FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks. ... Fifth U.S. Circuit Court regarding the ...

Fifth Circuit Rules USF Unconstitutional - Broadband Breakfast

WASHINGTON, July 24, 2024 – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans ruled on Wednesday that an annual $8 billion ...

5th Circuit Strikes Down FCC's Universal Service Fund

The 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday struck down the Federal Communications Commission's method for subsidizing telecommunications service for ...

NTCA Joins Effort to Ask Supreme Court to Hear Universal Service ...

... Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit that found the mechanism by which the federal Universal Service Fund (USF) is funded to be ...

5th Circuit court upends FCC Universal Service Fund, ruling it an ...

5th Circuit court upends FCC Universal Service Fund, ruling it an illegal tax. Court says Universal Service fee is "misbegotten tax" that ...

Fifth Circuit Finds Universal Service Contributions to Be ... - NRTC

The en banc panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans found that the contributions system for the FCC's universal service program ...

Fifth Circuit Pauses USF Decision While FCC Plans Appeal

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued an order yesterday pausing its ruling that an $8 billion broadband subsidy program was unconstitutional.

Courts ponder the constitutionality of the Universal Service Fund

The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in Consumer's Research v. FCC that the mechanism underlying the Federal Communications Commission's Universal ...