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Supreme Court overturns 5th Circuit ruling that upended Universal Service Fund
The Supreme Court today reversed a ruling that threatened the future of the Federal Communications Commission's Universal Service Fund. In a 6–3 opinion, the high court said the US Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit erred when it found that Universal Service fees on phone bills are an illegal tax.
US Supreme Court Backs FCC's Defense of Fund for Expanded Telecom Access
A law called the Telecommunications Act passed by Congress in 1996 authorized the FCC to operate a "Universal Service Fund," to be drawn from regular contributions by telecommunications companies. The fund draws around $9 billion annually, with the vast majority of telecommunications companies passing on the cost to customers.
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that the FCC’s universal service fund does not violate the Constitution’s nondelegation doctrine, ...
The US Supreme Court upheld the $8.6 billion Universal Service Fund, the annual slate of subsidies that helps cover the cost ...
Industry groups reacted with relief to the Supreme Court ruling upholding the constitutionality of the USF. Now they want to ...
The Supreme Court held, in a 6-3 vote, that a service providing universal broadband and other telecom services to poor and ...
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