Flytenow, Inc. v. Federal Aviation Administration
Petition for certiorari denied on January 9, 2017
Issue: (1) What, if any, deference is due an agency's interpretation when it predominately interprets terms of common law in which courts, not administrative agencies, have special competence; (2) whether the circuit court erred when it held, in contravention of this Court's long-standing definition of "common carrier," that pilots who use the Internet to communicate are "common carriers" when those pilots do not earn a commercial profit or indiscriminately offer to share their travel plans with the general public, thus warranting remand; and (3) whether the circuit court erred in holding that the Federal Aviation Administration could, consistent with the First Amendment, lawfully discriminate against content-based Internet communications because of the message conveyed and the means chosen by pilots to convey it.
SCOTUSblog Coverage
- Petition of the day (Kate Howard, July 23, 2016)
Date | Proceedings and Orders |
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05/10/2016 | Application (15A1168) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 24, 2016 to June 24, 2016, submitted to The Chief Justice. |
05/12/2016 | Application (15A1168) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until June 24, 2016. |
06/24/2016 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 1, 2016) |
06/27/2016 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner. |
07/25/2016 | Brief amici curiae of Cato Institute, et al. filed. |
07/29/2016 | Brief amici curiae of Southeastern Legal Foundation, et al. filed. |
08/01/2016 | Waiver of right of respondent Federal Aviation Administration to respond filed. |
08/10/2016 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 26, 2016. |
08/12/2016 | Response Requested . (Due September 12, 2016) |
09/08/2016 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including October 12, 2016. |
09/29/2016 | Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including November 14, 2016. |
11/14/2016 | Brief of respondent Federal Aviation Administration in opposition filed. |
11/23/2016 | Reply of petitioner Flytenow, Inc. filed. |
11/30/2016 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 6, 2017. |
01/09/2017 | Petition DENIED. |