Garland on DC Ciruit Panel to Hear NARUC-FCC VoIP Numbering Case Feb. 8
Chief Judge Merrick Garland was named to the panel reviewing NARUC's challenge to an FCC VoIP numbering order, which is set for oral argument Feb. 8 at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Garland, whose 2016 nomination…
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to the Supreme Court died after the presidential election victory of Republican Donald Trump, will be joined by Judges Karen LeCraft Henderson and Judith Rogers, said a brief order of the court in NARUC v. FCC, No. 15-1497. All three are Democratic appointees. NARUC argued the FCC couldn't give interconnected VoIP providers direct rights to phone numbering resources without classifying them as telecom carriers providing telecom service under Title II of the Communications Act (see 1604050013). The FCC and DOJ defended the commission's 2015 order as a "common-sense approach to telephone numbering" that eliminated needless telecom carrier middlemen, and they cited procedural and statutory arguments (see 1605200002). Intervenor Vonage also defended the order (see 1605260058).