D.C. Circuit Denies Rehearing by Full Court In Open Internet Case

摘要

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on May 1 denied petitions seeking an en banc rehearing of a three-judge panel's decision upholding the FCC's 2015 Open Internet order (TR, July 1, 2016), with some of the judges suggesting that such action would be "unwarranted" considering the current Commission's plan to dismantle the order and its Title Ⅱ approach for broadband services on its own. In an order issued in United States Telecom Association v. FCC (case 15-1063), the court denied petitions for rehearing en banc, explaining that a "majority of the judges eligible to vote did not vote in favor of the petitions."