U.S. Net Neutrality Decision Handed Down

**The Opinion:** [U.S. Telecom Association v. FCC](http://pdfserver.amlaw.com/nlj/6-14-16%20DC%20Circuit%20net%20neutrality%20opinion.pdf) (pdf; 184 pages)

**News Reports:**

> [Court Backs Rules Treating Internet as Utility, Not Luxury](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/15/technology/net-neutrality-fcc-appeals-court-ruling.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=1) (June 14, 2016) – New York Times

**Background:**

> [Net Neutrality Won and Here’s the Essay that Started It All; Tim Wu First Articulated the Concept 14 Years Ago](http://www.recode.net/2016/6/14/11936484/net-neutrality-essay-tim-wu?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWVRGa01HRXhNVEJrT1RnMiIsInQiOiJNS2djMzlrS1wvNG9sSXBCQ1NZNDl0dlNjdXczQitFbEcrSXBDb3NwMWZ4NzlDQkJaXC9ubm9UZEhnOG81VkpVN3N4amlUemZZMm1FT3NlNVFMWkQ1enpYRHhhaWk1MXNRWFJjU09jWHA2ZFV3PSJ9) – ReCode

**Analysis and Criticism:**

> [Free State Foundation Scholars React to the D.C. Circuit’s Decision on the Open Internet Order ](http://www.freestatefoundation.org/images/Free_State_Foundation_Scholars_React_to_the_D.C._Circuit_s_Decision_on_the_Open_Internet_Order_061516.pdf) (June 15, 2016) – Seth Cooper, Gus Hurwitz, Daniel Lyons, and Richard Epstein

> [Still Not a Dump Truck: Net Neutrality and the First Amendment](http://blogs.harvard.edu/infolaw/2016/06/15/still-not-a-dump-truck-net-neutrality-and-the-first-amendment/) (June 15, 2016) – Derek Bambauer at Info/Law

**What’s Next:**

> [Net Neutrality Won Big Today, But Don’t Celebrate Just Yet](http://www.wired.com/2016/06/net-neutrality-won-big-today-dont-celebrate-just-yet) – Wired

**Meanwhile in Europe:**

> [Sir Tim Berners-Lee makes a last-minute plea to save net neutrality in Europe](http://www.theverge.com/2016/7/15/12197152/net-neutrality-europe-tim-berners-lee-letter) (July 15, 2016) – The Verge; See also: [text of July 14, 2016 public letter](http://webfoundation.org/2016/07/four-days-to-save-the-open-internet-in-europe-an-open-letter/) by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, law professor Barbara van Schewick, and law professor Larry Lessig