FCC Moves to End USF Litigation
Consumers’ Research lost in the Sixth Circuit and lost in the Eleventh Circuit. Last Monday, the Supreme Court declined to review those decisions.
Consumers’ Research lost in the Sixth Circuit and lost in the Eleventh Circuit. Last Monday, the Supreme Court declined to review those decisions.
A conservative nonprofit argued the Fifth Circuit is likely to create conflicting precedent.
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The Sixth Circuit struck down another similar petition from Consumers’ Research.
The USF is facing dwindling funds and pending court challenges.
A rehearing of the case means that the full court will reconsider the case and the previous ruling is vacated.
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TEXAS – Companies receiving state and federal Universal Service Funds (USF) must pay federal income tax on those funds, according to a judgment from the Fifth Circuit earlier this month. The appellate court upheld a summary dismissal from the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas aga