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6th Circuit Sets Oral Argument in Consumers’ Research USF Challenge

The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals scheduled March 17 oral argument in Consumers’ Research’s legal challenge of the FCC’s Universal Service Fund’s Q4 2021 contribution factor, said a notice Tuesday (docket 21-3886). The time allotted for oral argument is…

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15 minutes per side, said the notice. Consumers’ Research’s various cases, including another filed last month in the 6th Circuit (see 2212280038), argue the USF contribution factor is an unconstitutional tax because it's imposed by the FCC rather than by Congress, and that the FCC has violated the Administrative Procedure Act.