| No. 25-406 Vide 25-567 |
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| Title: |
Federal Communications Commission, et al., Petitioners v. AT&T, Inc. |
| Docketed: | October 6, 2025 |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (24-60223) |
| Decision Date: | August 22, 2025 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Oct 02 2025 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 5, 2025) Petition Proof of Service |
| Oct 24 2025 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 5, 2025 to December 5, 2025, submitted to The Clerk. Main Document |
| Oct 27 2025 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 5, 2025. |
| Dec 05 2025 | Response to petition from respondent AT&T, Inc. filed. Main Document Proof of Service Other |
| Dec 09 2025 | Waiver of the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition pursuant to Rule 15.5 filed by petitioners. Main Document |
| Dec 10 2025 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026. |
| Jan 09 2026 | Petition 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. |
| Jan 09 2026 | Because 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.” |
| Jan 14 2026 | Letter of the Solicitor General on behalf of all parties proposing consolidated briefing structure filed. VIDED. Main Document |
| Jan 15 2026 | The 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. |
| Feb 02 2026 | Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by AT&T and Verizon Communications Inc. VIDED. Main Document Proof of Service |
| Feb 11 2026 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, April 21, 2026. VIDED. |
| Feb 16 2026 | Brief amicus curiae of Professor Ilan Wurman in support of neither party filed. VIDED. Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Feb 18 2026 | Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. |
| Feb 18 2026 | Opening brief on the merits of AT&T, Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. filed. VIDED. Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Feb 23 2026 | Brief amici curiae of The Manhattan Institute, et al. filed. VIDED. Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Feb 25 2026 | Brief amicus curiae of The Buckeye Institute filed. VIDED. Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Feb 25 2026 | Brief amicus curiae of T-Mobile USA, Inc. filed. VIDED. Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Feb 25 2026 | Brief amicus curiae of Telnyx LLC filed. VIDED. Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Feb 25 2026 | Brief amici curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. filed. VIDED. Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Feb 25 2026 | Brief amicus curiae of Institute for Justice filed. VIDED. Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Feb 25 2026 | Brief amicus curiae of Liberty Justice Center filed. VIDED. Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Feb 25 2026 | Brief amici curiae of CTIA - The Wireless Association, et al. filed. VIDED. Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Feb 25 2026 | Brief amicus curiae of TechFreedom filed. VIDED. Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Feb 25 2026 | Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed. VIDED. Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Feb 25 2026 | Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed. VIDED. Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Feb 25 2026 | Brief amici curiae of New Civil Liberties Alliance, et al. filed. VIDED. Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Feb 25 2026 | Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation filed. VIDED. Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Feb 25 2026 | Brief amicus curiae of Vaping Industry Stakeholders filed. VIDED. Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Feb 25 2026 | Brief amicus curiae of National Religious Broadcasters filed. VIDED. Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Mar 02 2026 | Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix GRANTED. VIDED. |
| Mar 17 2026 | Record received electronically from the Federal Communications Commission and available with the Clerk. |
| Mar 19 2026 | Sealed 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. |
| Mar 20 2026 | Response brief on the merits of the federal parties filed. VIDED. Main Document Proof of Service |
| Mar 27 2026 | Brief amici curiae of Former FCC Chairs, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Mar 27 2026 | Brief amicus curiae of Citizens Utility Board of Illinois filed. VIDED. (Distributed) Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Mar 27 2026 | Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed. (Distributed) Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Mar 30 2026 | CIRCULATED |
| Apr 09 2026 | Reply of Verizon Communications Inc. not accepted for filing. (To be resubmitted April 13, 2026) |
| Apr 09 2026 | Reply of AT&T, Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. filed (April 13, 2026). (Distributed) Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Apr 16 2026 | Letter from counsel for AT&T, Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) Main Document Proof of Service |
| Apr 21 2026 | Argued. For AT&T, Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc.: Jeffrey B. Wall, Washington, D. C. For FCC, et al.: Vivek Suri, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. VIDED. |
| Jun 04 2026 | Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. No. 25-567, adjudged to be affirmed. Roberts, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Barrett, and Jackson, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion. VIDED. |