Supreme Court Declines to Review Ruling By D.C. Circuit on 2015 Open Internet Order

摘要

The U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 5 declined to review a 2016 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upholding the FCC's 2015 open Internet order. Parties that had asked the justices to review the lower court's decision characterized the Supreme Court's announcement as expected given the pending legal challenges of the FCC's 2017 restoring Internet freedom (RIF) order, while backers of the 2015 order welcomed the development.