Brand X Internet Services v. F.C.C

Full title: BRAND X INTERNET SERVICES, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS…

Court: United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

Date published: Jan 23, 2006

435 F.3d 1053 (9th Cir. 2006)

Opinion

Nos. 02-70518, 02-70684 to 02-70686, 02-70879, 02-71425, 02-72251.

January 23, 2006.

Harvey L. Reiter, Esq., Morrison Hecker L.L.P., Andrew Jay Schwartzman, Esq., John W. Butler, Esq., Sher Blackwell, Washington, DC, Frederick A. Polner, Esq., Rothman Gordon, P.C., Pittsburgh, PA, William P. Barr, Esq., Arlington, VA, Tillman L. Lay, Esq., Miller Canfield Paddock Stone, P.L.C., Washington, DC, for Petitioners.

Ellen Levine, Esq., California Public Utilities Commission, San Francisco, CA, for Petitioners/Intervenor.

Michael S. Schooler, Esq., Nat'l. Cable Television Assn., Inc., Sean A. Lev, Attorney, Robert J. Aamoth, Esq., Kelley Drye Warren LLP, Jodie L. Kelley, Esq., Jenner Block LLP, David E. Mills, Esq., Dow, Lohnes Albertson, David L. Lawson, Esq., Sidley Austin, LLP, Jonathan Jacob Nadler, Squire Sanders Dempsey, LLP, Michael W. Fleming, Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman, LLP, Andrew G. McBride, Esq., Eve J. Klindera, Esq., Wiley Rein Fielding LLP, Washington, DC, for Intervenors.

Chief, Appellate Section, U.S. Department of Justice, James M. Carr, Esq., General Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, Litigation Division, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

On Remand from the Supreme Court of the United States.

Before CUDAHY,^_ O'SCANNLAIN, and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.

_ The Honorable Richard D. Cudahy, Senior United States Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit, sitting by designation.

ORDER

In accordance with the Supreme Court's decision in National Cable Telecomms. Ass'n v. Brand X Internet Servs., ___ U.S. ___, 125 S.Ct. 2688, 162 L.Ed.2d 820 (2005), the Federal Communications Commission's declaratory ruling is AFFIRMED.