FCC v. AT&T · ¶73
When the Commission issued the orders, AT&T and Verizon could not expect the constitutionally required trial de novo that the Court envisions today. If AT&T and Verizon ignored the orders and the Government brought an enforcement action, the enforcement action would not, in all probability, have proceeded “as if no trial whatever had been had” by the Commission. Ante, at 542 (internal quotation marks omitted). The Government can bring enforcement actions in any forum in which these nationwide carriers operate. See 47 U. S. C. § 504(a). And, courts across the country denied regulated parties the right to a trial de novo. See Brief for T-Mobile USA, Inc., as Amicus Curiae 8–9. Many did not allow challenges to the Commission's legal determinations, even on appeal, no matter how erroneous they were. E. g., United States v. Stevens, 691 F. 3d 620, 622 (CA5 2012) (“[W]e agree with the…Read in context ›
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