DC Circuit Sets Briefing Schedule in AT&T Challenges to 2 FCC USF Orders
A federal court set a briefing schedule on AT&T challenges to two FCC orders from December 2014 and December 2015 on price-cap telco USF duties. In an order (in Pacer) Tuesday in docket 15-1038 and consolidated cases, the U.S. Court…
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of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit said an initial joint brief from petitioners and supporting intervenors is due June 17; the brief from respondents FCC and DOJ is due Aug. 1; a joint reply brief from petitioners and supporting intervenors is due Aug. 31; and final briefs incorporating an appendix are due Sept. 7, with oral argument typically at least 45 days later. AT&T, petitioner/intervenor CenturyLink, intervenor USTelecom and respondents FCC/DOJ had submitted an unopposed joint briefing proposal (in Pacer) Friday. Earlier this year, AT&T asked the court to consolidate its two challenges seeking more relief from USF duties (see 1601110036), which CenturyLink called "an unfunded mandate" (see 1602050029).