NTCA, CCA, USTelecom File Petition for Writ of Certiorari in Universal Service Contribution Case

NTCA-The Rural Broadband Association, Competitive Carriers Association and USTelecom-The Broadband Association joined the Schools, Health, & Libraries Broadband Coalition, Benton Institute for Broadband & Society, National Digital Inclusion Alliance and Center for Media Justice in filing a petition for Supreme Court review of a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit declaring unconstitutional the mechanism for contributions to the federal Universal Service Fund (USF).

This petition for a writ of certiorari was filed following a similar request by the U.S. Department of Justice and the FCC for Supreme Court review of the Fifth Circuit's decision.