Supreme Court rules 8-1 that FCC fine procedures do not violate Seventh Amendment jury trial rights.

The Supreme Court upheld the FCC's authority to impose fines on telecommunications companies through in-house proceedings, ruling 8-1 that the process does not violate the Seventh Amendment. The case involved consolidated challenges from AT&T and Verizon, which faced over $100 million in combined penalties for selling customer location data to third parties without proper consent. Chief Justice Roberts wrote that the FCC's initial forfeiture orders did not create a binding obligation to pay, preserving the companies' right to challenge the fines in court.