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Comcast Cable Communications, LLC v. WhereverTV, Inc.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, No. 2023-2098, 2023-2150 · judgment July 28, 2025
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Whether a court of appeals may override the principle of party presentation by deciding sua sponte a nonjurisdictional issue that a party deliberately waived. (i)
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Robert Brian Niles-Weed
Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP
For respondent
Brett Rosenthal
Reese Marketos, LLP
Case
Subject area
Judicial Power (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Amicus briefs
1 cert-stage
Order
Order list, February 23, 2026 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Feb 23 2026Petition DENIED.
- Feb 11 2026Brief amicus curiae of Professor Joan E. Steinman filed. (Distributed)
- Jan 21 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
- Jan 14 2026Waiver of right of respondent WhereverTV, Inc. to respond filed.
- Jan 08 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 11, 2026)