Supreme Court declines to rehear Verizon appeal of $47M fine
The Supreme Court declined to rehear Verizon’s challenge, leaving intact the authority of the Federal Communications Commission to pursue multimillion-dollar enforcement actions without a jury.
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to rehear Verizon’s appeal of a $47 million penalty, effectively permitting the Federal Communications Commission to continue pursuing multimillion-dollar enforcement actions against the carrier without a jury. The decision leaves lower-court rulings intact that allow the FCC to resolve such penalties outside the jury system.