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SORENSON COMMUNICATIONS, INC. v. F.C.C.

No. 13-1215.

765 F.3d 37 (2014)

SORENSON COMMUNICATIONS, INC., Petitioner v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and United States of America, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided September 2, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher J. Wright argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were John T. Nakahata and Mark D. Davis.   Timothy J. Simeone entered an appearance.

C. Grey Pash Jr. , Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were William J. Baer , Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice; Robert B. Nicholson and Robert J. Wiggers , Attorneys; Jonathan B. Sallet , Acting General Counsel, Federal Communications Commission; and Richard K. Welch , Deputy Associate General Counsel. Jacob M. Lewis , Associate General Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, entered an appearance.

Roy T. Englert Jr. was on the brief for amicus curiae National Association of the Deaf in support of petitioner.

Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge GINSBURG.

GINSBURG, Senior Circuit Judge:

When a hearing- or speech-impaired person wants to make a phone call, he can choose among several services that will assist him in doing so. One of these, video relay service (VRS), works much like a video call that any caller might make using a digital platform such as Skype or Apple FaceTime. The video call is placed to an American Sign Language interpreter, employed by the VRS provider, who then makes a standard voice call to the...

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