8th Circuit Adopts BDS Briefing Schedule Proposed by Litigants
A court adopted a business data service case briefing schedule and format proposed by litigants last week. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Tuesday issued a brief order (in Pacer) granting the CenturyLink motion (in Pacer) Friday on behalf…
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of all petitioners, respondents and intervenors in four challenges to the FCC's April BDS order in Citizens Telecommunications v. FCC, No. 17-2296 and consolidated cases (see 1708170031). Under that motion, opening briefs of two sets of petitioners that believe the order was overly regulatory or overly deregulatory are due Sept. 26, with the brief of respondents FCC and DOJ due Nov. 10, briefs of different intervenors supporting different parts of the order due Nov. 17, and reply briefs of petitioners due Dec. 11 (final briefs incorporating an appendix are due Jan. 2).