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Blanca Telephone Company v. Federal Communications Commission, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, No. 20-9510, 20-9524 · judgment October 17, 2022

Certiorari denied · February 27, 2023
Pre-decision estimate: 5% cert probability (95% interval 3%–9%)

Before the decision, modestly above the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a petition filed soon after the judgment below, a business petitioner, and counsel who has filed here before.

Question presented

Whether federal agencies are exempted from the rule requiring strict compliance with appellate mandates. Whether judicial deference to federal agencies includes deference to material false statements.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Timothy Edward Welch
Hill & Welch

For respondent
Amy L. Hunsucker-Prasad

Case

Subject area
Judicial Power (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, February 27, 2023 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Feb 27 2023
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Feb 08 2023
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/24/2023.
  3. Jan 31 2023
    Waiver of right of respondent Federal Communications Commission, et al. to respond filed.
    Main Document
  4. Jan 16 2023
    Supplemental Brief of Blanca Telephone Company not accepted for filing. (January 17, 2023) (corrected submission to be filed)
  5. Jan 16 2023
    Supplemental brief of petitioner Blanca Telephone Company filed.
    Main DocumentOtherCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
  6. Jan 09 2023
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 10, 2023)
    PetitionAppendixCertificate of Word CountProof of Service