United States DC Circuit

The FCC's requirement, that telecommunications carriers guarantee that the actual line subscriber has authorized a service charge order, exceeds the FCC's authority under the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to prescribe procedures to verify that authorization.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/19/2003
• Decided 04/08/2003
• Published 04/08/2003

Judges

• Before:  TATEL and GARLAND, Circuit Judges, and WILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States DC Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Daniel Meron argued the cause for petitioner.   With him on the briefs were Joseph R. Guerra, Jonathan Cohn, Mark C. Rosenblum, and Peter H. Jacoby.


• For Appellees:
  
• Richard K. Welch, Associate General Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, argued the cause for respondent.   With him on the brief were Jane E. Mago, General Counsel, John E. Ingle, Deputy Associate General Counsel, Lisa E. Boehley, Counsel, and Catherine G. O'Sullivan, Chief Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice, and Steven J. Mintz, Counsel.