Court Rules FCC Phone Fee Illegal

Podcast: Swear on the Stand · Daniel W. Swear

Opublikowano: 2026-10-16

In this federal appellate court case, the Fifth Circuit evaluated a challenge to the Federal Communications Commission regarding its Universal Service Fund contribution rates. The petitioners, which included various corporate entities and individual consumers, argued that the agency unlawfully relied on data from a private organization known as the Universal Service Administrative Company. The court determined that the agency violated the Government Corporation Control Act by creating this corporate entity without explicit legislative backing from Congress. Because this statutory violation tainted the foundational calculations, the panel chose to grant the petition, vacate the disputed financial assessment, and remand the...