Skip to content

Federal Communications Commission v. AT&T, Inc.

Consolidated with:

Docket No. Op. BelowArgument Opinion Vote Author Term
25-406 5th Cir. Apr 21, 2026 TBD TBD TBD OT 2025

Issue: Whether the Communications Act of 1934 provisions that govern the Federal Communications Commission’s assessment and enforcement of monetary forfeitures are consistent with the Seventh Amendment and Article III.

SCOTUSblog Coverage

DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
10/02/2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 5, 2025)
10/24/2025Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 5, 2025 to December 5, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
10/27/2025Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 5, 2025.
12/05/2025Response to petition from respondent AT&T, Inc. filed.
12/09/2025Waiver of the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition pursuant to Rule 15.5 filed by petitioners.
12/10/2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
01/09/2026Petition GRANTED. The petition for a writ of certiorari in No. 25-567 is granted. The cases are consolidated, and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument. VIDED.
01/09/2026Because the Court has consolidated these cases for briefing and oral argument, future filings and activity in the cases will now be reflected on the docket of No. 25-406. Subsequent filings in these cases must therefore be submitted through the electronic filing system in No. 25-406. Each document submitted in connection with one or more of these cases must include on its cover the case number and caption for each case in which the filing is intended to be submitted. Where a filing is submitted in fewer than all of the cases, the docket entry will reflect the case number(s) in which the filing is submitted; a document filed in all of the consolidated cases will be noted as “VIDED.”
01/14/2026Letter of the Solicitor General on behalf of all parties proposing consolidated briefing structure filed. VIDED.
01/15/2026The parties' proposal for the filing of consolidated briefs is adopted. Respondent in No. 25-406 and petitioner in No. 25-567 shall file a consolidated opening brief on the merits pursuant to Rule 25.1 and a consolidated reply brief on the merits pursuant to Rule 25.3. Petitioners in No. 25-406 and respondents in No. 25-567 shall file a consolidated response brief on the merits pursuant to Rule 25.2. VIDED.
02/02/2026Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by AT&T and Verizon Communications Inc. VIDED.
02/11/2026SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, April 21, 2026. VIDED.
02/16/2026Brief amicus curiae of Professor Ilan Wurman in support of neither party filed. VIDED.
02/18/2026Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
02/18/2026Opening brief on the merits of AT&T, Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. filed. VIDED.
02/23/2026Brief amici curiae of The Manhattan Institute, et al. filed. VIDED.
02/25/2026Brief amicus curiae of The Buckeye Institute filed. VIDED.
02/25/2026Brief amicus curiae of T-Mobile USA, Inc. filed. VIDED.
02/25/2026Brief amicus curiae of Telnyx LLC filed. VIDED.
02/25/2026Brief amici curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. filed. VIDED.
02/25/2026Brief amicus curiae of Institute for Justice filed. VIDED.
02/25/2026Brief amicus curiae of Liberty Justice Center filed. VIDED.
02/25/2026Brief amici curiae of CTIA - The Wireless Association, et al. filed. VIDED.
02/25/2026Brief amicus curiae of TechFreedom filed. VIDED.
02/25/2026Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed. VIDED.
02/25/2026Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed. VIDED.
02/25/2026Brief amici curiae of New Civil Liberties Alliance, et al. filed. VIDED.
02/25/2026Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation filed. VIDED.
02/25/2026Brief amicus curiae of Vaping Industry Stakeholders filed. VIDED.
02/25/2026Brief amicus curiae of National Religious Broadcasters filed. VIDED.
03/02/2026Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix GRANTED. VIDED.
03/17/2026Record received electronically from the Federal Communications Commission and available with the Clerk.
03/19/2026Sealed material received electronically from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and available with the Clerk. The remainder of the record is electronic and is available on PACER.
03/20/2026Response brief on the merits of the federal parties filed. VIDED.
03/27/2026Brief amici curiae of Former FCC Chairs, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
03/27/2026Brief amicus curiae of Citizens Utility Board of Illinois filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
03/27/2026Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed. (Distributed)
03/30/2026CIRCULATED