Lawsuits looking to strike down the Federal Communications Commission's repeal of its own net neutrality rules will be heard in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the court said Thursday.
Unless they don't. Some or all of the plaintiffs could push to move the arguments to the D.C. Circuit, where the case against the net neutrality rules was litigated.
Why it matters: The Ninth Circuit is on the West Coast, in the backyard of Silicon Valley net neutrality activists.
The lottery to decide the location of the court arguments was the result of lawsuits filed against the FCC in different jurisdictions, including by:
Meanwhile, in Washington state the Democratic governor recently signed net neutrality rules into law. Other states are pursuing their own legislation.
Congressional Democrats are leading an effort to pass a resolution that rolls back the FCC's repeal. They're able to force a vote in the Senate, but don't yet have enough votes for it to pass.
Congressional Republicans are pushing their own net neutrality legislation, but none has yet secured the public support of Democrats.
