Lipschultz v. Charter Advanced Services
The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. THE CHIEF JUSTICE took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition. JUSTICE THOMAS, with whom JUSTICE GORSUCH joins, concurring in the denial of certiorari. Charter Advanced Services provides Voice over Internet Protocol services, which allow users to place voice calls over an Internet connection. After the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission attempted to regulate Charter’s provision of these services, Charter brought suit in federal court, arguing that the state regulation was pre-empted. The District Court granted summary judgment to Charter. The Eighth Circuit affirmed, reasoning that the Federal Communications Commission’s “policy of nonregulation” of these services pre-empted state law. Charter Advanced Servs. (MN), LLC v. Lange, 903 F. 3d 715, 718 (2018) (internal quotation marks omitted).