Wisconsin Bell v. U.S., ex rel. Todd Heath
U.S. Supreme Court · decided February 21, 2025 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Decided
- February 21, 2025
- Term
- October Term 2024
- Vote
- 9–0
- Majority author
- Justice Kagan
- Issue area
- Economic Activity
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Outcome
- Petitioning party lost
- Ideological direction
- Liberal
Opinion excerpt
(Slip Opinion) OCTOBER TERM, 2024 1 Syllabus NOTE: Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued. The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. See United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co., 200 U. S. 321, 337 . SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Syllabus WISCONSIN BELL, INC. v. UNITED STATES EX REL. HEATH CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT No. 23–1127. Argued November 4, 2024—Decided February 21, 2025 The E-Rate (short for Education-Rate) program, established under the Telecommunications Act of 1996, subsidizes internet and other tele- communications services for schools and libraries across the United States. To finance those subsidies, Congress required that telecommu- nications carriers pay into a fund (now known as the Universal Service Fund) that is administered by the Universal Service Administrative Company, a private not-for-profit corporation. The Company collects and distributes the resulting pot of money to beneficiaries pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). In addition to providing for subsidies, those regulations impose upon carriers a rule called the “lowest corresponding price”…
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