Verizon Communications Inc. v. FCC (2014)

This article is about the 2014 Circuit Court case. Not to be confused with Verizon Communications Inc. v. FCC (2002).

Verizon v. FCC
CourtUnited States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Full case name Verizon Communications Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission
ArguedSeptember 9, 2013
DecidedJanuary 14, 2014
Citations740 F.3d 623 (D.C. Cir. 2014); 11-1355 (2014)
Holding
The FCC does not have the authority to regulate broadband providers as per the FCC's own Open Internet Order. The court vacated in part and upheld in part the FCC Open Internet Order 2010.
Court membership
Judges sittingSenior Circuit Judge Laurence H. Silberman; Circuit Judges Judith Ann Wilson Rogers, David S. Tatel
Case opinions
MajorityDavid S. Tatel, joined by Judith Ann Wilson Rogers
Concur/dissentLaurence H. Silberman

Verizon Communications Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission, 740 F.3d 623 (D.C. Cir., 2014), was a case at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit vacating portions of the FCC Open Internet Order of 2010, which the court determined could only be applied to common carriers and not to Internet service providers.[1] The case was initiated by Verizon, which would have been subjected to the proposed FCC rules, though they had not yet gone into effect.[2] The case has been regarded as an important precedent on whether the FCC can regulate network neutrality.[3][4]

  1. ^ Verizon v. FCC, 740 F. 3d 623 (D.C. Cir., 2014).
  2. ^ "Verizon Sues F.C.C. to Overturn Order on Blocking Web Sites", The New York Times, January 20, 2011
  3. ^ Speta, James B. (June 2014). "Unintentional Antitrust: The FCC's Only (and Better) Way Forward with Net Neutrality after the Mess of Verizon v. FCC". Federal Communications Law Journal. 66 (3): 491–508 – via HeinOnline.
  4. ^ Ragha, Nisha (Spring 2015). "The Fall of Net Neutrality: The End of An Era and a Call for Reform". Cardozo Public Law, Policy and Ethics Journal. 13 (2): 559–594 – via HeinOnline.