Opinion
No. 22-60008
06-29-2023
CONSUMERS' RESEARCH; Cause Based Commerce, Incorporated; Kersten Conway; Suzanne Bettac; Robert Kull; Kwang Ja Kerby; Tom Kirby; Joseph Bayly; Jeremy Roth; Deanna Roth; Lynn Gibbs; Paul Gibbs; Rhonda Thomas, Petitioners, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION; United States of America, Respondents.
R. Trent McCotter, Jared Kelson, Boyden Gray & Associates, Washington, DC, for Petitioner. James Michael Carr, Esq., Counsel, Adam Crews, P. Michele Ellison, Jacob Matthew Lewis, Associate General Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, Office of General Counsel, Washington, DC, Merrick Garland, U.S. Attorney General, Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent Federal Communications Commission. Gerard J. Sinzdak, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Appellate Section, Washington, DC, P. Michele Ellison, Federal Communications Commission, Office of General Counsel, Washington, DC, Merrick Garland, U.S. Attorney General, Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent United States of America. Andrew Jay Schwartzman, Washington, DC, for Intervenors Benton Institute for Broadband & Society, National Digital Inclusion Alliance, Center for Media Justice, doing business as MediaJustice. Jason Neal, HWG, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Intervenor Schools, Health & Libraries Broadband Coalition. Jennifer Tatel, Craig Edward Gilmore, Esq., Wilkinson, Barker & Knauer, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Intervenors USTelecom - The Broadband Association, National Telecommunications Cooperative Association, Competitive Carriers Association. Jeffrey Steven Beelaert, Stein Mitchell Beato & Missner, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae Competitive Enterprise Institute, Free State Foundation, Christopher DeMuth, Harold Furchtgott-Roth, Michael S. Greve, Randolph J. May. Corbin Barthold, TechFreedom, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Public Knowledge. Eric P. Gotting, James Baller, Keller & Heckman, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Emeritus Professor Robert Frieden. David Morris Gossett, Davis Wright Tremaine, L.L.P., Washington, DC, MaryAnn T. Almeida, Davis Wright Tremaine, L.L.P., Seattle, WA, Thaila K. Sundaresan, Attorney, Davis Wright Tremaine, L.L.P., San Francisco, CA, for Amicus Curiae Members of Congress.
Petition for Review from an Order of the Federal Communications Comm, Agency No. 96-45 ON PETITION FOR REHEARING EN BANC (Opinion March 24, 2023, 5 Cir., 2023, 63 F.4th 441) R. Trent McCotter, Jared Kelson, Boyden Gray & Associates, Washington, DC, for Petitioner. James Michael Carr, Esq., Counsel, Adam Crews, P. Michele Ellison, Jacob Matthew Lewis, Associate General Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, Office of General Counsel, Washington, DC, Merrick Garland, U.S. Attorney General, Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent Federal Communications Commission. Gerard J. Sinzdak, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Appellate Section, Washington, DC, P. Michele Ellison, Federal Communications Commission, Office of General Counsel, Washington, DC, Merrick Garland, U.S. Attorney General, Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent United States of America. Andrew Jay Schwartzman, Washington, DC, for Intervenors Benton Institute for Broadband & Society, National Digital Inclusion Alliance, Center for Media Justice, doing business as MediaJustice. Jason Neal, HWG, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Intervenor Schools, Health & Libraries Broadband Coalition. Jennifer Tatel, Craig Edward Gilmore, Esq., Wilkinson, Barker & Knauer, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Intervenors USTelecom - The Broadband Association, National Telecommunications Cooperative Association, Competitive Carriers Association. Jeffrey Steven Beelaert, Stein Mitchell Beato & Missner, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae Competitive Enterprise Institute, Free State Foundation, Christopher DeMuth, Harold Furchtgott-Roth, Michael S. Greve, Randolph J. May. Corbin Barthold, TechFreedom, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Public Knowledge. Eric P. Gotting, James Baller, Keller & Heckman, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Emeritus Professor Robert Frieden. David Morris Gossett, Davis Wright Tremaine, L.L.P., Washington, DC, MaryAnn T. Almeida, Davis Wright Tremaine, L.L.P., Seattle, WA, Thaila K. Sundaresan, Attorney, Davis Wright Tremaine, L.L.P., San Francisco, CA, for Amicus Curiae Members of Congress. Before Richman, Chief Judge, and Jones, Smith, Stewart, Elrod, Southwick, Haynes, Graves, Higginson, Willett, Ho, Duncan, Engelhardt, Oldham, Wilson, and Douglas, Circuit Judges. Per Curiam:
A member of the court having requested a poll on the petition for rehearing en banc, and a majority of the circuit judges in regular active service and not disqualified having voted in favor,
IT IS ORDERED that this cause shall be reheard by the court en banc with oral argument on a date hereafter to be fixed. The Clerk will specify a briefing schedule for the filing of supplemental briefs. Pursuant to 5th Circuit Rule 41.3, the panel opinion in this case dated March 24, 2023, is VACATED.