UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT

┐ IN RE: MCP No. 185; FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS │ COMMISSION, IN THE MATTER OF SAFEGUARDING AND │ SECURING THE OPEN INTERNET, DECLARATORY │ RULING, ORDER, REPORT AND ORDER, AND ORDER ON │ RECONSIDERATION, FCC 24-52, 89 FED. REG. 45404, > Nos. 24-7000/3449/3450/3497/ PUBLISHED MAY 22, 2024. │ 3504/3507/3508/3510/3511/ ___________________________________________ │ 3519/3538 OHIO TELECOM ASSOCIATION, et al., │ │ Petitioners, │ │ v. │ │ │ FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION; UNITED │ STATES OF AMERICA, │ Respondents. │ ┘

Upon Multi-Circuit Petitions for Review of the Federal Communications Commission’s Safegaurding and Securing the Open Internet Order, FCC 24-52.

Argued: October 31, 2024

Decided and Filed: January 2, 2025

Before: GRIFFIN, KETHLEDGE, and BUSH, Circuit Judges. _________________

COUNSEL ARGUED: Jeffrey B. Wall, SULLIVAN & CROMWELL LLP, Washington, D.C., for Petitioners. Daniel Woofter, GOLDSTEIN, RUSSELL & WOOFTER LLC, Washington, D.C., for Intervenors. Jacob M. Lewis, FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, Washington, D.C., for Respondents. ON BRIEF: Jeffrey B. Wall, Morgan L. Ratner, Zoe A. Jacoby, SULLIVAN & CROMWELL LLP, Washington, D.C., Helgi C. Walker, Jonathan C. Bond, Russell B. Balikian, GIBSON DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP, Washington, D.C., Matthew A. Brill, Roman Martinez, Matthew T. Murchison, Charles S. Dameron, LATHAM & WATKINS LLP, Washington, D.C., Jeffrey A. Lamken, Jennifer E. Fischell, Jackson A. Myers, Nos. 24-7000, et al. In re MCP No. 185: FCC Page 2 In the Matter of Safeguarding and Securing the Open Internet MOLOLAMKEN LLP, Washington, D.C., Maxwell F. Gottschall, SULLIVAN & CROMWELL LLP, New York, New York, Thomas M. Johnson, Jr., Joshua S. Turner, Jeremy J. Broggi, Boyd Garriott, WILEY REIN LLP, Washington, D.C., for Petitioners. Daniel Woofter, Kevin Russell, GOLDSTEIN, RUSSELL & WOOFTER LLC, Washington, D.C., Andrew Jay Schwartzman, Washington, D.C., Albert H. Kramer, PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE, Washington, D.C., James Bradford Ramsay, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REGULATORY UTILITY COMMISSIONERS, Washington, D.C., for Intervenors. Jacob M. Lewis, Scott M. Noveck, FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, Washington, D.C., Robert B. Nicholson, Andrew W. Chang, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, for Respondents. Thomas R. McCarthy, Jeffrey M. Harris, CONSOVOY MCCARTHY PLLC, Arlington, Virginia, Corbin K. Barthold, TECHFREEDOM, Washington, D.C., Tara M. Corvo, MINTZ, LEVIN, COHN, FERRIS, GLOVSKY AND POPEO, P.C., Washington, D.C., Philip D. Williamson, TAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER LLP, Cincinnati, Ohio, Jennifer Tatel, WILKINSON BARKER KNAUER, LLP, Washington, D.C., William P. Barr