No. 25-406
 
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
 
Proceedings and Orders
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.
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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.
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Dec 09 2025 Waiver of the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition pursuant to Rule 15.5 filed by petitioners.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Feb 23 2026 Brief amici curiae of The Manhattan Institute, et al. filed. VIDED.
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Feb 25 2026 Brief amicus curiae of The Buckeye Institute filed. VIDED.
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Feb 25 2026 Brief amicus curiae of T-Mobile USA, Inc. filed. VIDED.
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Feb 25 2026 Brief amicus curiae of Telnyx LLC filed. VIDED.
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Feb 25 2026 Brief amici curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. filed. VIDED.
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Feb 25 2026 Brief amicus curiae of Institute for Justice filed. VIDED.
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Feb 25 2026 Brief amicus curiae of Liberty Justice Center filed. VIDED.
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Feb 25 2026 Brief amici curiae of CTIA - The Wireless Association, et al. filed. VIDED.
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Feb 25 2026 Brief amicus curiae of TechFreedom filed. VIDED.
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Feb 25 2026 Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed. VIDED.
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Feb 25 2026 Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed. VIDED.
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Feb 25 2026 Brief amici curiae of New Civil Liberties Alliance, et al. filed. VIDED.
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Feb 25 2026 Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation filed. VIDED.
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Feb 25 2026 Brief amicus curiae of Vaping Industry Stakeholders filed. VIDED.
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Feb 25 2026 Brief amicus curiae of National Religious Broadcasters filed. VIDED.
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Mar 02 2026 Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix GRANTED. VIDED.
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
D. John Sauer
Counsel of Record
Solicitor General
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001
SUPREMECTBRIEFS@USDOJ.GOV
Ph: 202-514-2217
Party name: Federal Communications Commission and United States


Attorneys for Respondent
Pratik Arvind Shah
Counsel of Record
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP
2001 K Street N.W.
Washington, DC 20006
PSHAH@AKINGUMP.COM
Ph: 202-887-4210
Party name: AT&T Inc.


Jeffrey B. Wall
Counsel of Record
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
1700 New York Ave NW
Suite 700
Washington, DC 20006
WALLJ@SULLCROM.COM
Ph: (202) 956-7660
Party name: Verizon Communications Inc.


Other Attorneys
Russell Bernard Balikian
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
1700 M Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
rbalikian@gibsondunn.com
Ph: (202) 955-8535
Party name: T-Mobile USA, Inc.


Corbin Knight Barthold
Counsel of Record
TechFreedom
1500 K Street NW
Washington, DC 20005
CBARTHOLD@TECHFREEDOM.ORG
Ph: 7712004997
Party name: TechFreedom


Thomas Arthur Berry
Counsel of Record
Cato Institute
1000 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20001
tberry@cato.org
Ph: (443) 254-6330
Party name: Cato Institute


Allison Denise Daniel
Counsel of Record
Pacific Legal Foundation
3100 Clarendon Blvd Suite 1000
Arlington, VA 22201
ADaniel@pacificlegal.org
Ph: 916-419-7111
Party name: Pacific Legal Foundation


Steven Andrew Engel
Counsel of Record
Dechert LLP
1900 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
STEVEN.ENGEL@DECHERT.COM
Ph: 2022613369
Party name: The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America and Business Roundtable


Michael P. Farris
Counsel of Record
National Religious Broadcasters
800 Maryland Ave NE
Washington, DC 20002
mfarris@nrb.org
Ph: 571-359-6000
Party name: National Religious Broadcasters


Michael Robert Huston
Counsel of Record
Perkins Coie LLP
2525 E. Camelback Road
Suite 500
Phoenix, AZ 85016
mhuston@perkinscoie.com
Ph: 202-434-1630
Party name: Telnyx LLC


Robert Everett Johnson
Counsel of Record
Institute for Justice
16781 Chagrin Blvd. #256
Shaker Heights, OH 44120
rejohnson83@gmail.com
Ph: (703) 682-9320
Party name: Institute for Justice


Peter Karanjia
Counsel of Record
DLA Piper LLP
500 Eighth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20004
PETER.KARANJIA@DLAPIPER.COM
Ph: 202-799-4135
Party name: The Manhattan Institute and The Rutherford Institute


Russell Gerard Ryan
Counsel of Record
New Civil Liberties Alliance
4250 N. Fairfax Dr.
Suite 300
Arlington, VA 22203
russ.ryan@ncla.legal
Ph: (202) 869-5210
Party name: New Civil Liberties Alliance


Jeffrey Michael Schwab
Counsel of Record
Liberty Justice Center
7500 Rialto Blvd.
Suite 1-250
Austin, TX 78735
JSchwab@LJC.org
Ph: 512-481-4400
Party name: Liberty Justice Center


J. Gregory Troutman
Counsel of Record
Troutman Law Office, PLLC.
4205 Springhurst Boulevard
Suite 201
Louisville, KY 40241
JGTATTY@YAHOO.COM
Ph: 502-412-9179
Party name: Vaping Industry Stakeholders as Amici Curiae In Support of Petitioners


David Christian Tryon
Counsel of Record
Porter Wright Morris & Arthur
88 East Broad Street, Suite 1300
Columbus, OH 43215
d.tryon@buckeyeinstitute.org
Ph: 6142244422
Party name: The Buckeye Institute


Joshua S. Turner
Counsel of Record
Wiley Rein LLP
2050 M Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
jturner@wileyrein.com
Ph: 202-719-7000
Party name: CTIA - The Wireless Association, et al.


Helgi C. Walker
Counsel of Record
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
1700 M Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
hwalker@gibsondunn.com
Ph: 202-887-3599
Party name: T-Mobile USA, Inc.


Joshua Morgan Wesneski
Counsel of Record
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
2001 M Street NW
Washington, DC 20036
joshua.wesneski@weil.com
Ph: (202) 8873598
Party name: Washington Legal Foundation


Ilan Wurman
Counsel of Record
University of Minnesota Law School
229 S 19th Ave.
Minneapolis, MN 55455
iwurman@umn.edu
Ph: 6126248816
Party name: Professor Ilan Wurman