The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.

The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. Photo: massmatt / Flickr / CC BY 2.0 / Cropped from Original

(The Center Square) - The U.S. Supreme Court, in an 8-1 decision on Thursday, ruled that the Federal Communication Commission did not need to involve a jury in multimillion dollar enforcement actions against Verizon and AT&T.

The justices weighed in on FCC v. Verizon and FCC v. AT&T, cases where the communications agency handed down $57 million and $47 million penalties against the cell phone carriers, respectively. 

 

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