FCC Got Favorable Panel for Net Neutrality Case, But Win Far from Guaranteed, Court Watchers Say

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The three-judge panel selected to hear Verizon's appeal ofnthe 2010 FCC net neutrality order (CD June 26 p1) could be angood panel from the agency's perspective, but there are few certaintiesnin appellate law, said attorneys following the case closely.nWhile Republican-appointed judges outnumber by 9-5 those appointednby Democrats at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C.nCircuit, two Democratic appointees, David Tatel and JudithnRogers, were selected for the panel, as was Laurence Silberman,nwidely viewed as the intellectual leader of the conservative appellantnmovement.