BLANCA TELEPHONE CO. v. F.C.C.

No. 12-1365.

743 F.3d 860 (2014)

BLANCA TELEPHONE COMPANY, et al., Petitioners v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and United States of America, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided February 28, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy E. Welch argued the cause and filed the briefs for petitioners.

Laurel R. Bergold , Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, argued the cause for respondents. With her on the brief were William J. Baer , Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, Robert B. Nicholson and James J. Fredricks , Attorneys, Sean A. Lev , General Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, Peter Karanjia , Deputy General Counsel, and Jacob M. Lewis , Associate General Counsel.

Before: GARLAND, Chief Judge, and GINSBURG and SENTELLE, Senior Circuit Judges.


GARLAND, Chief Judge:

In 2003, the Federal Communications Commission adopted regulations requiring digital wireless service providers to offer telephone handsets that are compatible with hearing aids. On the September 18, 2006 compliance deadline set by the agency, the three petitioners in this case joined some one hundred other small providers in asking the Commission to waive that deadline. Many of those carriers subsequently came into compliance by January 2007...

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