What happened
The U.S. Supreme Court granted review in several cases on its latest order list, adding disputes involving Cisco Systems Inc., the Federal Communications Commission, the U.S. attorney general and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to its merits docket.
In the Cisco matter, the justices granted the petition only as to Questions 1 and 3 presented, according to the order. The supplied order list does not include the text of those questions, leaving the precise issues for follow-up review of the cert petition.
The court also granted petitions in two FCC-related cases involving AT&T Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. Those matters were consolidated, and the court allotted a total of one hour for oral argument.
The order list separately granted review in Bondi v. Lau and Sripetch v. SEC. The document does not provide reasoning for the grants or describe the lower-court rulings under review.
In a pending case involving Jason Wolford and others against Hawaii's attorney general, the court granted the Solicitor General's motion to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument. The next reporting step is to review the petitions and lower-court records to identify the questions presented and the stakes of each grant.